Max Ernst was a German Dada artist who was born in 1891 and died in 1976. He was a pioneer of the Dada movement, which was an anti-war and anti-bourgeois art movement that began in Zurich in 1916. Ernst was known for his surrealist paintings, collages, and sculptures. He was also a prolific writer and poet. His works often featured dreamlike imagery and were heavily influenced by psychoanalysis. Ernst's work had a profound influence on the development of modern art.