“What is a forest? A marvelous insect. A drawing-board, what do forests do? They never go to bed early. They are waiting for the tailor. What is the high season of the forests? It is the future..”

—  Max Ernst

1910 - 1935, The mysteries of the forest' (1934)

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German painter, sculptor and graphic artist 1891–1976

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