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PICASSO ~ ON PAINTING
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” Pablo Picasso
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MAX ERNST ~ THE BARBARIANS
The Barbarians, 1937 Max Ernst (French, born Germany, 1891–1976)
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MAX ERNST ~ UNE SEMAINE DE BONTE
This is the legendary collage masterpiece of Max Ernst (b. 1891) , one of the leading figures of the surrealist movement and among the most original artists of the 20th century. From old catalogue and pulp novel illustrations, Ernst produced this series of 182 bizarre and darkly
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MAX ERNST ~ LE LION DE BELFORT
Une Semaine de Bonte, 1933 Dimanche Le lion de Belfort Max Ernst
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MAX ERNST ~ THE EYE OF SILENCE
“The Eye of Silence” 1943-1944 by Max Ernst Add a caption “La cle des chants” Une Semaine de Bonte, Samedi, 1933
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MAX ERNST ~ LA CLE DES CHANTS
“La cle des chants” Une Semaine de Bonte, Samedi, 1933
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MAX ERNST ~ BEING AN ARTIST
“When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as his only lasting achievement. ” On the photo Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning
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FREDERIC CHOPIN ~ ON SIMPLICITY
“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art” Frederic Chopin
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