Max Ernst
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Max Ernst was a German-born painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism in Europe. He had no formal artistic tra
Max Ernst in 1968
Max Ernst, Ubu Imperator, 1923, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Habakuk (1934), bronze, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
One of two versions of L'Ange du Foyer or The Angel of Hearth and Home (1937) oil on canvas, 112.5 x 144 cm., private collection
Peggy Guggenheim
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Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim was an American art collector, bohemian, and socialite. Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down wi
Max Ernst
…by the surrealist Luis Buñuel. Ernst began to sculpt in 1934 and spent time with Alberto Giacometti. In 1938, the American heiress and artistic patron Peggy Guggenheim acquired a number of Max Ernst's works, which she displayed in her new gallery in London. Ernst and Guggenheim were married from 1942 to 1946. In…
Guggenheim in 1958
Guggenheim in 1937
Guggenheim's grave with a plaque remembering her Lhasa Apsos dogs