Mother and Child in the Forest by Night, 1953

ArtistMax Ernst, Brühl 1891–1976 Paris

Oil on canvas

(H x W)116 × 89 cm

Status

on display, room 027

About the workThis work seems like an eerie dream. A mother and child are wandering through a dense forest. The trees around them blaze a fiery red. The undergrowth blocks every path; it is almost impossible to find a way through. The figures’ mouths and eyes are wide open, as if with fright. Painted with fine strokes, the pair almost blend into the background. Max Ernst was one of the co-founders of Surrealism, an art movement characterised by depictions of fantastic and irrational worlds.

AccessionAcquisition 1955

Provenance[...]; 1955 angekauft von der Galerie Michael Hertz, Bremen

Inventory number0.1973.53

Modernism
Surrealism
Post-War Modernism

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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