House Max Ernst in St-Martin d'Ardèche
The house is not open to visits. You can see the bas-relief from the street on the outside.
"In 1938 the surrealistic painter and sculptor Max Ernst (1891-1976) and his compagnon Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) buy a 18th century farmhouse, located in the quarter ""les Alliberts"" of Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche. They receive Léonor Fini, Paul Eluard and Lee Miller. The latter takes pictures from them in 1939. During the three years the two artists staid there, they turn their house into a work of art. Leonora Carrington looking back describes this period as ""a moment in paradise"". Since the outbreak of the second world war, Max Ernst is imprisoned as ""étranger ennemi"" (foreign enemy) in a detention prison in Largentière and afterwards detained in the camp des Milles, near Aix-en-Provence. In 1941, he evades Europe and goes to New-York. Leonora Carrington finds refuge in Mexico where she settles permanently.
After advice of the Conseil d’Etat (Council of State), an exceptional measurement was taken on 22 July 1986 with the ‘classement d’office’. The decree was signed by Jacques Chirac, the Prime Minister of France at the time.
The house, private property and not open to public, is also a historical monument thanks to the decree of 19 November 1991
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After advice of the Conseil d’Etat (Council of State), an exceptional measurement was taken on 22 July 1986 with the ‘classement d’office’. The decree was signed by Jacques Chirac, the Prime Minister of France at the time.
The house, private property and not open to public, is also a historical monument thanks to the decree of 19 November 1991
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