Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976
Forest and Sun
1927
Max Ernst's 'The Forest and the Sun' (1927) belongs to his Surrealist 'Forest' cycle of the late 1920s. Using 'grattage' — scraping paint across textures laid behind the canvas — Ernst conjures dense, fossilised forests lit by a cold, ringed sun. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago