From drip painting to flying beds German painter Max Ernst (1891-1976), also a surrealist, had a different approach. He painted and drew spectacular fantasy landscapes populated by imaginary figures.

Quite delightful. As the high priest of surrealism (the successor of Dada), delicate little, white-haired Max Ernst was still going strong but his new show in a Manhattan gallery last week lacked ...

Other surrealist artists include Frida Kahlo, Rene Magritte, Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst. Surrealists believed that human beings should be free from the usual thoughts and rules of life.

Dorothea Tanning’s work explores womanhood and imaginary worlds, but only now is it getting the recognition it deserves. When the surrealist artist Max Ernst turned up at Dorothea Tanning’s ...

Here we mention some of the most famous paintings from the Surreal era. (Image: Generated with Canva AI) Salvador Dalí's ‘The ...

In 1936 Carrington saw the work of the German surrealist Max Ernst at the International Surrealist Exhibition in London and was attracted to the Surrealist artist before she even met him.