Max Ernst

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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1. When was Max Ernst born?April 2, 1891
2. When did Max Ernst die?April 1, 1976 (age 84)
3. Where was Max Ernst born?Brühl, German Empire
4. What is the career?Painter, sculptor, graphic artist, poet
5. What is the artistic movements?Dadaism, Surrealism
6. Who was Max Ernst?Max Ernst was a famous artist from Germany who painted dreamlike pictures and made new ways to create art.

Surrealism: An artistic and literary movement that aimed to express the workings of the unconscious mind, often through dreamlike imagery and illogical juxtapositions.
Frottage: A graphic technique developed by Max Ernst, involving rubbing a pencil or crayon over paper placed on a textured surface to create patterns.
Grattage: A Surrealist technique, also developed by Ernst, where paint is scraped over a canvas with a textured surface underneath.
Dadaism: An avant-garde movement that emerged during World War I, characterized by its rejection of logic, reason, and aesthetic conventions.