On Art and the Sublime



Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Max Ernst, the third founder of Surrealism

Forest and Dove 1927
Ernst, another founding member of the Surrealist movement, uses the forests as a symbol of 'enchantment and terror' in his world. The little dove is a projection of Ernst trapped amongst the trees. A technique "grattage" is used whereby paint is scraped off from the canvas

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