Max Ernst: A Retrospective (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Max Ernst (18911976) was a pivotal figure in the history of twentieth-century art. A leader of the Dada movement in Germany, he later joined the circle of writers and artists gathered in Paris around André Breton, the unofficial founder of the Surrealist movement. At the outset of World War II, Ernst fled Germany for the United States, first going to New York and eventually settling in Sedona, Arizona. Ernst returned to Europe in 1950 and continued to explore Surrealist imagery and methods throughout his life.This important book accompanies the first retrospective exhibition of Erns...
ISBN(s)
0300107188, 9780300107180
