"La forêt - (The Forest)" is a famous forest painting by Max Ernst. The subject of a dense forest appears often in Ernst’s work of the late twenties and early thirties. These canvases generally contain a wall of trees, a solar disk, and an apparition of a bird hovering amid the foliage. Using his grattage (scraping) technique, Ernst covered his canvases completely with pattern and then interpreted the images that emerged, thus allowing texture to suggest composition in a spontaneous fashion. In The Forest the artist probably placed the canvas over a rough surface (perhaps wood), scraped oil paint over the canvas, and then rubbed, scraped, and overpainted the area of the trees.
About the Art Prints
La Forêt - (The Forest) by Max Ernst. Our art prints are produced on acid-free 220 GSM papers using archival inks and lamination to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All prints include a sufficent white border around the image to allow for future framing, if desired. Product will be shipped in 2 days