Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Celebes 1921 Oil on canvas, 125.4 × 107.9 cm Tate Britain, London The central rotund shape in this painting derives from a photograph of a Sudanese corn-bin, which Ernst has transformed into a sinister mechanical monster. Ernst often re-used…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Les Hommes n’en sauront rien (Men Shall Know Nothing of This) 1923 Oil on canvas, 80.3 × 63.8 cm Tate Britain, London Ernst studied philosophy and psychology in Bonn and was interested in the alternative realities experienced by the…
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Pietà ou La révolution la nuit (Pietà or Revolution by Night) 1923 Oil on canvas, 116.2 × 88.9 cm Tate Britain, London Ernst was a surrealist artist. Inspired by the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud’s (1856–1939) theory of the unconscious, surrealism…
(1891–1976) Maximilian Ethelbert Ernst The artist’s works: Dada Gauguin 1920 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Celebes 1921 Tate Britain, London Les Hommes n’en sauront rien 1923 Tate Britain, London Pietà ou La révolution la nuit 1923 Tate Britain, London Dadaville c.1924 Tate Britain, London Gala…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Art de la Conversation (The Art of Conversation) 1950 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Compare: Magritte, René (1898-1967) L’Art de la Conversation 1955 Private collection
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) L’éternité de l’amour (The Eternity of Love) 1976 Lithograph of original gouache on paper, 76.3 x 54.7 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
(1866–1925) Éric Alfred Leslie Satie Works: • Trois Gymnopédies (1888) • Six Gnossiennes (1890-97) • Trois morceaux en forme de poire (1911) • Sports et Divertissements (1914) • Parade (1917) • Socrate (1919) Erik Satie in Art: Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938)…
(1860–1949) James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor The artist’s works: Marine grise 1880 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp L’après-midi à Ostende 1881 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp La Dame en détresse 1882 Musée d’Orsay, Paris La mangeuse d’huîtres 1882 Koninklijk Museum voor…
(c.1450–1516) Jeroen van Aken The artist’s works: The Adoration of the Magi c.1475 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Death and the Miser c.1485–1490 National Gallery of Art, Washington Adoration of the Magi c.1494 Museo del Prado, Madrid Child with Pinwheel and Toddler’s…
(1809–1852) Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol Никола́й Васи́льевич Го́голь Works: • Abende auf dem Gutshof bei Dikanka (German) • Arabesken, Prosaschriften, Rom (German) • Briefwechsel I (German) • Briefwechsel II (German) • Cossack Tales (English) • Dead Souls (English) • Demonien ruhtinatar…