Loplop, or more formally, Loplop, Father Superior of the Birds,[1]: 62 p. is the name of a birdlike character that was an alter ego of the Dada-Surrealist artist Max Ernst. Ernst had a ongoing fascination with birds, which often appear in his work.[2]: 182 p. Loplop functioned as a familiar animal. William Rubin wrote of Ernst "Among his more successful works of the thirties are a series begun in 1930 around the theme of his alter ego, Loplop, Superior of the Birds."[2]: 316 p. Loplop is an iconic image of surrealist art, the painting Loplop Introduces Loplop (1930) appears on the front cover of the Gaëtan Picon's book Surrealist and Surrealism 1919-1939,[3] and the drawing and collage Loplop Presents (1932) was used as the frontispiece of Patrick Waldberg's book Surrealism. [1]
- ^ a b Waldberg, Patrick (1962) Surrealism, The Taste of Our Time, Vol. 37, Editions D'Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 151 pp.
- ^ a b Rubin, William S. (1968) Dada and Surrealist Art. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 525 pp.
- ^ Picon, Gaëtan (1977) Surrealist and Surrealism 1919- 1939. Skira/Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. New York. 231 pp. ISBN 0-8478-0041-5