Editing Max Ernst (section)

==Legacy==
Ernst's son [[Jimmy Ernst]], a well-known German/American [[abstract expressionist]] painter, who lived on the south shore of [[Long Island|Long Island, New York]] died in 1984.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Ernst's Biography |url=http://jimmyernst.net/pages/chronicle.html |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=jimmyernst.net}}</ref> His memoirs, ''A Not-So-Still Life'', were published shortly before his death.<ref name=":0" /> Max Ernst's grandson Eric and his granddaughter Amy are both artists and writers.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

Max Ernst's life and career are examined in [[Peter Schamoni]]'s 1991 documentary ''Max Ernst''. Dedicated to the art historian [[Werner Spies]], it was assembled from interviews with Ernst, stills of his paintings and sculptures, and the memoirs of his wife Dorothea Tanning and son Jimmy. The 101-minute German film was released on DVD with English subtitles by Image Entertainment.

The '''Max Ernst Museum''' opened in 2005 in his home town Brühl, Germany. It is housed in a late-classicist 1844 building integrated with a modern glass pavilion. The historic ballroom was once a popular social venue visited by Ernst in his youth. The collection spans 70 years of his career including paintings, drawings, frottages, collages, nearly the entire lithographic works, over 70 bronze sculptures. and more than 700 documents and photographs by [[Man Ray]], [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], [[Lee Miller]], and others. The core of the collection dates back to 1969 with works donated to the City of Brühl by the artist. Thirty-six paintings, gifts from the artist to his fourth wife [[Dorothea Tanning]], are on permanent loan from the Kreissparkasse Köln. Some noteworthy works include the sculptures ''The King playing with the Queen'' (1944) and ''Teaching Staff for a School of Murderers'' (1967). The museum also host temporary exhibitions by other artist.<ref>[https://maxernstmuseum.lvr.de/en/startseite_1.html Max Ernst Museum], Brühl, Germany (accessed 11 February 2021)</ref>

The '''[[Menil Collection]]''', in [[Houston]] houses a significant collection of surrealist art including well over 100 pieces by Max Ernst. Notable paintings include ''In Praise of Freedom'' (1926), ''[[Loplop|Loplop Presents Loplop]]'' (1930), ''Day and Night'' (1941–1942), ''Surrealism and Painting'' (1942), ''Euclid'' (1945), ''A Swarm of Bees in the Palais de Justice'' (1960), ''The Marriage of Heaven and Earth'' (1964). Ernst's work in the Menil Collection is typically exhibited a few pieces at a time along with other surrealist art in the collection on a rotating basis.<ref>The Menil Collection: [https://www.menil.org/collection/5136-surrealism Surrealism] (accessed 11 February 2021)</ref>

===Exhibitions, retrospectives, and honors===
* [[Venice Biennale]], Venice (1954), received Grand Prize for Painting
* [[Musée National d'Art Moderne]] Paris (1959), awarded the Grand Prix national des arts
* [[Museum of Modern Art]], New York (1961)
* [[Tate Gallery]], London (1962)
* [[Kunsthaus Zürich]] (1963)
* [[Moderna Museet]], Stockholm (1969)
* A retrospective of 104 works spanning the years 1920–1968, drawn entirely from the [[Menil Collection]], toured Europe from 1970 to 1972 ([[Hamburger Kunsthalle]], [[Kestnergesellschaft]], [[Frankfurter Kunstverein]], [[Academy of Arts, Berlin]], Kunsthalle, Cologne, [[Musée de l'Orangerie]], [[Musée Cantini]], [[Maison de la Culture de Grenoble]], [[Ancienne Douane (Strasbourg)]], [[Musée d'Arts de Nantes]]) and later the US ([[Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art]], [[Fogg Art Museum]], [[The Art Institute of Chicago]], [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]]) The opening of the exhibition in Paris was augmented with 44 pieces from various collations and opened on 2 April 1971, Max Ernst's 80th birthday.{{sfn|Hofmann|Schmied|Spies|1973|p={{page needed|date=December 2021}}}}
* In 2005, "Max Ernst: A Retrospective" opened at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] and included works like ''Celebes'' (1921), ''Ubu Imperator'' (1923), and ''Fireside Angel'' (1937), which is one of Ernst's few definitively political pieces and is sub-titled ''The Triumph of Surrealism'' depicting a raging bird-like creature that symbolises the wave of fascism that enveloped Europe. The exhibition also includes Ernst's works that experiment with free association writing and the techniques of [[frottage (art)|frottage]], created from a rubbing from a textured surface; [[Grattage (art)|grattage]], involving scratching at the surface of a painting; and [[decalcomania]], which involves altering a wet painting by pressing a second surface against it and taking it away.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=A Max Ernst Retrospective Opens Today in NY|journal=Art+Auction|date=7 April 2005|url=http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/117/a-max-ernst-retrospective-opens-today-in-ny/|access-date=23 April 2008}}</ref>
* ''Dada is Dada'' retrospective group exhibition at [[Bildmuseet]], Umeå University, Sweden, running from 17 November 2017 to 20 May 2018<ref name="Bildmuseet">{{cite web |title=DADA IS DADA |url=http://www.bildmuseet.umu.se/en/exhibition/dada-aer-dada/30574 |website=Bildmuseet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224064353/https://www.bildmuseet.umu.se/en/exhibition/dada-aer-dada/30574 |archive-date=December 24, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''Documentary images'''
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File:Exposition Max Ernst Paris 1921.jpg|Opening of the Max Ernst exhibition at the gallery Au Sans Pareil, May 2, 1921. Left to right: René Hilsum, [[Benjamin Péret]], [[Serge Charchoune]], [[Philippe Soupault]] (top of the ladder), [[Jacques Rigaut]] (upside down), [[André Breton]] and Simone Kahn-Breton
File:Houghton Typ 915.22.3605 Répétitions, 1922 - cover.jpg|Cover of ''Répétitions'' (1922) by [[Paul Éluard]], with illustrations by Max Ernst
File:Les Fusains.jpg|"Les Fusains": 22, rue Tourlaque, [[18th arrondissement of Paris]] where Max Ernst established a studio in 1925
File:Max Ernst Der Assistent-Der Frosch-Die Schildkroete 1967.jpg|Three bronze sculptures: left to right: ''Large Frog'' (1967), ''Turtle'' (1944), and ''The Spirit of the Bastille'' (1961), [[Lenbachhaus]], Munich
File:Max-Ernst-Museum 02.jpg|Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Germany (photo 2004)
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