Paysage is one of Ernst's first great series of paintings made between 1921 and 1923, to transfer the technique of collage into the medium of paint. Among the earliest of Ernst's paintings to make use of the disjunctive effect he had discovered in collage to reveal strange and troubling distortions of reality, Paysage is a work that, like Ernst collages, seems to articulate a hidden order or language of poetic association underlying the apparently deceptive world of surface appearances. Paysage seems to be apparently a normal landscape scene at twilight. Hidden within this picture, however, is the sense that, with the coming of dusk strange creatures will emerge. The rocks, as mentioned above, appear to be growing eyes, the strange plant-like form in the foreground appears to have something anthropomorphic about it and even the clouds seem on the point of metamorphosing into one of Ernst's later hordes.
About the Posters
Countryside (Paysage) by Max Ernst. Our posters are produced on acid-free 220 GSM papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a sufficent white border around the image to allow for future framing, if desired. Product will be shipped in 2-3 days