Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale - Analysis - Max Ernst

Although Max Ernst spoke of himself in the third person, his paintings are charming. Take Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale. The title sounds ominous. But this painting feels more like a whimsical dream. It portrays a fantastical scene through a disruptive frame. That's because Ernst challenges the Renaissance framing ideal.
In that tradition, paintings were a window into reality. Ernst breaks reality's rules. Then he also messes with the frame itself. So, the artwork carries viewers into an alternate world. He helped lay a foundation for Surrealism with this inventive piece.
That tiny bird's my favorite part of Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale. Ernst gives us a realistic background. From his bright hombre sky to the faraway nightingale. This sets the landscape in our world. Yet at front Ernst disconnects viewers from that grounded scene. He breaks with conventionality. The human figures are sketchy in both senses of the word. They're vague and odd.
One dances on a rooftop. Another dances near a crumpled third laid in the grass. All three are black and white. But the world around them glows in vivid color. Ernst's figurative trio raises many questions. Which are the two children in the title? Why do they appear to be adults? How is that small, distant bird a threat?
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