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Historical Artist - Max Ernst (1891 - 1976)
Max Ernst studied psychology at Bonn University. He associated with Arp, Macke, and the Blaue
Reiter group and headlined the first Dada exhibition in 1919. He frequently used a technique
called frottage, the rubbings of textured surfaces and combined unrelated images in one
composition. Ernst spent part of World War II in a Nazi prison camp, and then lived the
remainder of his life in the United States. A prolific artist, Ernst is considered to be one of
the primary pioneers of the Dada movement and Surrealism. Ernst developed a fascination with
birds that was prevalent in his work. His alter ego in paintings, which he called Loplop, was a
bird. He suggested this alter-ego was an extension of himself stemming from an early confusion
of birds and humans.
Contemporary German Artists
Art Galleries in Germany
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