10 things to know about Max Ernst, pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism
Max Ernst is often described as ‘the complete Surrealist’. While his haunting paintings explore the mysteries of the subconscious, he was also a fabulous colourist and a brilliant technician who reinvented his work throughout his life
Max Ernst sits in a high-backed chair, a cigarette in his hand, in the house he shared with then-wife Peggy Guggenheim, New York, 1942. Photo: Arnold Newman / Getty Images