Max Ernst. (1932). Loplop. Kunsthandel. [Oil on Canvas, 100x81 cm].
Bird is one of the leading motifs present in Max Ernst’s work, beginning with his early Dadaist pieces to those made by the end of his life. Given names such as Loplop, Hornebom, and Schnabelmax, birds feature in various disguises, forms, and contexts.
Ernst was deeply convinced about his avian origin, nature, and “bird-like” facial features. He often whistled and gave with one eye his trademark “bird” looks. He insisted that he hatched out from an egg laid by his mother. In his view, a turning point in his life came with a traumatic event experienced as a fifteen-year-old boy, when he learnt about the birth of his sister Loni exactly at the time of death of his beloved bird, a pink cockatoo called Hornebom.
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