The Wood (1927) is a painting by the German surrealist Max Ernst.

Ernst was haunted by the atmosphere of forests and by the birds which inhabit them.

Here, the herring-bone effect of the trees and the grainy sky reveal his technique of grattage.

Layers of paint were applied to the canvas, which was pressed against a sheet of stamped metal and a rough plank and scraped.

Brown in 1940, and was acquired by the National Museum of Wales in 1991, where it is currently on display.