"Who was the German painter and sculptor who was a founder of the surrealist movement ? Among his works are ""The Elephant Celebes"" and "" Le Grand Amoreux""."
The Elephant Celebes The Elephant Celebes The Elephant Celebes (or short Celebes) is a 1921 painting by the German Dadaist and surrealist Max Ernst. It is among the most famous of Ernst's early surrealist works and "undoubtedly the first masterpiece of Surrealist painting in the de Chirico tradition." It combines the vivid dreamlike atmosphere of Surrealism with the collage aspects of Dada. Giorgio de Chirico was an inspiration for the early Surrealists, and "Celebes"<nowiki>'</nowiki> palette and spatial construction show his influence. The painting also attempts to apply Dada's collage effects to simulate different materials. Ernst's realistic portrayal of the constituent elements produces a
The Elephant Celebes to represent the myth of destruction. "Celebes" was once the popular name for the island of Sulawesi, one of the Greater Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Ernst told Roland Penrose that the title "Celebes" was derived from the opening words of a German schoolboys' rhyme with sexual connotations. The painting's short original title is "Celebes", according to inscriptions on the front and back of the canvas. Ernst painted "Celebes" in Cologne in 1921. The French poet and Surrealist Paul Éluard visited Ernst that year and purchased the painting and took it back to Paris. Éluard would buy other of Ernst's paintings,