• Max Ernst's Pietà or Revolution by Night is typical. The painting replaces the traditional scene of Mary clasping the body of Christ with an image of the artist...
  • Max Ernst's Pietà or Revolution by Night is typical. The painting replaces the traditional scene of Mary clasping the body of Christ with an image of the artist...
  • Max Ernst’s “Pieta or Revolution by Night,” created in 1923, is an oil on canvas work that exhibits the hallmarks of the Surrealist movement.
  • Pietà or Revolution by Night (Pietà ou La révolution la nuit) (1923) is a painting by German surrealist and Dadaist Max Ernst.
  • In the Pieta or Revolution by Night, Ernst uses expressionless masks for the faces of the two main figures which make them look like statues or sleepwalkers.
  • And yet it is his father who takes on the role of the Virgin Mary in this Pieta, a representation of the cradling of the dead Christ by his mother.
  • This week's painting is Max Ernst's Two Children are Threatened by a Nightingale.
  • Introducing the captivating Pieta (Revolution by Night) canvas print by Max Ernst.
  • There is some irony in posting about Max Ernst’s portrait of his father in “PietaorRevolution by Night” (1923).
  • Max Ernst montrant à une jeune fille la tête de son père (Max Ernst Showing a Young Girl the Head of his Father).
  • Pietà ou La révolution la nuit (Pietà or Revolution by Night) 1923 Oil on canvas, 116.2 × 88.9 cm Tate Britain, London.
  • Pieta (Revolution By Night) Max Ernst Date: 1923; Paris, France Style: Surrealism Period: First French period Genre: symbolic painting Media: oil...