Like all surrealists, Max Ernst uses accidental elements. In doing so, he employs techniques such as calquering, stamping, scratching away and rubbing. Vegetation is one of the first examples. The organic, playfully applied paint matter contrasts with the partly tight, partly loose graphism of the incised lines. The suggestive effect of the image and the great freedom of execution give the panel its expressive power. In Belgium, Frits Van den Berghe in particular is influenced by Ernst's way of working.
| Artist | |
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| Title | Vegetation |
| Date | 1925 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: max ernst 1925 |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1999-M |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1999-M |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4353/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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abstract art (general art genre)
AAT
300056485 fantastic art AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT 300134149 nonobjective AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
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Abstract, Non-representational Art
Iconclass
25G(+32) plants; vegetation (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming) Iconclass 25G1 plants (in general) Iconclass 48A983 ornament derived from plant forms Iconclass 48A9834 unidentifiable plant forms ~ ornament Iconclass 5 Abstract Ideas and Concepts Iconclass |
| School / Style | Surrealist AAT |
| Collection Walter Schwarzenberg: tableaux modernes des écoles belge, française et allemande contemporaines (vente Bruxelles, Galerie Georges Giroux, 1932). - Brussel : Galerie Georges Giroux, 1932 (nr. 95) |
| Max Ernst (1891-1976) : Végétation / Jan d'Haese. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (nr. 169) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 264 (ill. 198), 268) |
| D'Ensor à Magritte dans les collections du Musée de Gand (exposition Lodève, Musée de Lodève-Hôtel du Cardinal de Fleury, 19 novembre 2004 - 27 février 2005) / Maïthé Vallès-Bled, Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Bruno Fornari. - Lodève : Musée de Lodève, 2004 ; Milano : Mazzotta, 2004 (p. 264-267, cat. 72) |
| The Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent : Modernism in Belgian Art ; from Neo-classicism to Surrealism (exhibition Kagawa, Takamatsu City Museum of Art,15 April - 29 May 2005 ; Setagaya Art Museum, 11 June - 4 September 2005 ; Iwaki City Art Museum, 10 September - 23 October 2005 ; Saitama, The Museum of Modern Art, 29 October - 25 December 2005) / Robert Hoozee, Bruno Fornari, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Ruth Monteyne. - Tokyo : The Japan Association of Art Museums, 2005 (p. 162, nr. 120) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 151 (ill.)) |
| Museum of Fine Arts Ghent : Paintings catalogue ; Volume I: 14th - 18th century ; Volume II: 19th - 20th century / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 151 (ill.)) |
| Het sterrenalfabet van E.L.T. Mesens : Dada & Surrealisme in Brussel, Parijs & Londen (tentoonstelling Mu.Zee-Kunstmuseum aan zee, 06.07 - 17.11.2013) / Phillip Van den Bossche, Erich Weiss, Anouck Clissen, Christiane Geurts-Krauss, Virginie Devillez, Nele Bernheim. - Oostende : Mu.ZEE, 2013 |
| Simryn Gill : de (hemi)cyclus van bladeren en papier = l'(hémi)cycle de feuilles et papier = the (hemi)cycle of leaves and paper (tentoonstelling Gent , Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 22.04 - 04.09.2016) / Catherine De Zegher, Jan Braet. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2016 (p. 72) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
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