Dada & Surrealism
Dada & Surrealism
Dada & Surrealism
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<strong>Surrealism</strong><br />
Max Ernst<br />
• Both a <strong>Dada</strong>ist and Surrealist, Ernst best<br />
exemplified how the Surrealists employed<br />
ambiguous titles for their work<br />
• His “Two Children are Threatened by a<br />
Nightingale” apparently derived from the<br />
death of his sister and a hallucination he<br />
had as a child<br />
• He claims to have experienced<br />
hallucinations which he adapted into his<br />
art works<br />
• Ernst invented “frottage”, a new method<br />
for generating surprising imagery<br />
Ernst. Two Children Are Threatened by a<br />
Nightingale. 1924. Oil on wood with painted<br />
wood elements and frame.<br />
• He placed a sheet of paper over rough<br />
surfaces like wood and rubbed with a soft<br />
pencil. He then created fantastic,<br />
sometimes monstrous imagery out of the<br />
shapes
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