Ernst Two Children are Threatened

Two Children are Threatened by a Nightingale is a 1924 painting of Max Ernst. It is oil on wood with wooden elements and can be found on display in the Museum of Modern Arts in New York City. Its title can be found, in French, on the front. This adds emotion and causes anticipation of the possible horror ahead. The viewer is more frightened or threatened than the children are, as the nightingale is a harmless bird soaring in the distance. Ernst created radically different artwork than was popular before his time. He became a pioneer of dada and surrealist art.