Description: max ernst april 2, 1891 -- april 1, 1976 was a german dadaist and surrealist artist. max ernst was born in brühl, germany, near cologne. in 1909, he enrolled in the university at bonn to study philosophy but soon abandoned the courses. he began painting that year. during world war i he served in the german army, which was a momentus interruption in his career as an artist. he stated in his aut...