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Also Known As Maximilian Maria Ernst
Born April 2, 1891 • Brühl • Germany
Died April 1, 1976 (aged 84) • Paris • France
Movement / Style Dada • Surrealism • automatism
Notable Family Members spouse Peggy Guggenheim • spouse Dorothea Tanning

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German artist Max Ernst stands indoors in a casual jacket with one hand on his hip, looking toward the camera, circa 1955 in France.
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A visitor stands in front of Max Ernst's surrealist painting Chemical Wedding, featuring abstract, colorful figures, at the Max Ernst Museum in Bruehl, Germany.
Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst sit at a table in a shaded stone courtyard, viewed through an open window from inside their home in the south of France.
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