ERNST, Max
(1891–1976)
ERNST, Max (2 April 1891–1 April 1976; b. Maximilian E.). After six years studying philosophy, Ernst fought in World War I; soon after his demobilization, he became a leader of Cologne Dada, personally dubbed “Dadamax” by 1919. Quickly moving over to Parisian Surrealism, Ernst is credited with having introduced the techniques of Collage and Photomontage to Surrealist art. Surrealist collage differed from Dada in aiming not to juxtapose dissimilars but to weave from “found” pictures a coherent…