The Wood (Max Ernst)
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| The Wood |
| Max Ernst, 1927 |
| Oil on canvas |
| 60.5 × 81.5 cm, 23.82 × 32.09 in |
| National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff |
The Wood (1927) is a painting by the German surrealist Max Ernst.
Ernst was haunted by the atmosphere of forests and by the birds which inhabit them. Here, the herring-bone effect of the trees and the grainy sky reveal his technique of grattage. Layers of paint were applied to the canvas, which was pressed against a sheet of stamped metal and a rough plank and scraped. This work was given to the Contemporary Art Society by Miss A.F. Brown in 1940. It is currently on display in the National Museum of Wales.
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