Pietà or Revolution by Night

Details

Artist: Max Ernst
Year: 1923
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Gallery: Tate Gallery
Collection: Tate Gallery
Exhibition: Challenge: Public Domain 2019
Url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietà_or_Revolution_by_Night

Description

Pietà or Revolution by Night is a painting by German surrealist and Dadaist Max Ernst. The painting replaces the traditional scene of Mary clasping the body of Christ with an image of the artist himself, held by his father. A staunch Catholic, Ernst's father had denounced his son's work, and the painting is often seen as rising out of their troubled relationship, although - like dreams - it resists precise analysis.

Since 1981 it has been part of the collection of the Tate Gallery in London.