“Flying Horse Garden,” created by Max Ernst in 1935 in Paris, France, is an exemplary piece of the Surrealism art movement and falls under the genre of symbolic painting.
The artwork presents an imaginative and dreamlike landscape. It features an abstract and somewhat fantastical scene defined by fluid forms and vibrant colors. There are various structures resembling paper airplanes or folded sheets scattered across a dry, arid terrain. Within them, organic forms reminiscent of creatures or intricate flora emerge, a blend of vibrant reds, blues, and greens. These strange and elaborate formations lend a surreal quality to the piece, as they appear to exist both within and beyond the natural world, bridging reality with imagination. The background comprises geometric fields and a blue sky, contributing to the composition’s unique spatial ambiguity.
