Europe after the Rain II
7:00 AMMax Ernst, Europe after the Rain II, 1941 |
WWII instilled fear, not just fear like my sheer hatred for spiders fear, but an uncertainty of waking up the next day fear. Max Ernst, a German national felt strongly about his roots and his country, was heartbroken by the images of this destructive human abomination, so he decided to paint what he saw in his mind. Separating each section of the painting you notice each level of destruction, even the people painted are denouncing their surroundings in hopes of escaping the ravaged landscape. The volume of emotion this painting expels after closer examination is astonishing, almost reaching out and clenching your heart, grossly unsettling.
By far the most striking aspect of this piece is the use of color. Light hughes of blue green mixed in with white clouds merge into black, the dramatic end to Europe as it was once known.
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