Ernst’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Vase
Attributed to Ernst Wahliss (Austrian, 1863-1934)

Forest and Sun
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Spanish Physician
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Halleluiah
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Garden Airplane-Trap
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Dada Gauguin
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Summer Night in Arizona
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

An Anxious Friend
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

The Blue Forest
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

The Massacre of the Innocents
Max Ernst American and French, born Germany, 1891-1976

Landscape
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Human Figure with Two Birds
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Mattamathics
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Kummeralp Mountain and Two Sheds
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, 1880–1938

Portrait of Otto Mueller
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, 1880-1938

Self-Constructed Little Machine
Max Ernst American and French, born Germany, 1891-1976

Forest and Sun
Max Ernst American and French, born Germany, 1891-1976

Contemporary Ikon
Jimmy Ernst American, born Germany, 1920-1984

Hommage a Rimbaud
Max Ernst American and French, born Germany, 1891-1976

Untitled (Birds)
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976