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L’Ange Du Foyer Ou Le Triomphe Du Surrealisme by Max Ernst, 1937. The title literally translates to The Angel From Home Or The Triumph Of Surrealism however this painting is commonly known as The Fireside Angel. It is one of Ernst’s rare yet poignant political commentaries. It depicts a fiery monster that represents the wave of fascism that overtook Europe in the mid-twentieth-century. Ernst saw Surrealism as a means of transcendence from the horrors of war.

L’Ange Du Foyer Ou Le Triomphe Du Surrealisme by Max Ernst, 1937.

The title literally translates to The Angel From Home Or The Triumph Of Surrealism however this painting is commonly known as The Fireside Angel. It is one of Ernst’s rare yet poignant political commentaries. It depicts a fiery monster that represents the wave of fascism that overtook Europe in the mid-twentieth-century. Ernst saw Surrealism as a means of transcendence from the horrors of war.