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Max Ernst lived in several places during his life. He was born in Brühl, Germany, in 1881 and later moved to Bonn to attend the university located there. Then he settled in Cologne, not far from his birthplace. In 1922, Ernst moved to France, where he soon became affiliated with Surrealism, the avant-garde art movement taking shape in Paris. Alongside Man Ray, Joan Miró and others, Ernst was among the first visual artists to experiment with imagery and techniques associated with Surrealism. When Germany occupied France during World War II, Ernst escaped to America with the help of patron and collector Peggy Guggenheim, whom he married in 1941. While living in New York, Ernst's work and techniques proved instrumental in inspiring the early development of Abstract Expressionism. He later moved to Sedona, Arizona, where he lived with his fourth wife, Dorothea Tanning, a fellow Surrealist and prolific visual artist and poet. While Ernst and Tanning are largely responsible for Sedona's reputation as an artist colony, they relocated to France in the 1950s and remained there until Ernst's death in Paris in 1976. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Max Ernst art.

Ernst Barlach was famous for being a German Expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer. Later in life, he concentrated on prints, producing hundreds of black-and-white lithographs and woodcuts, some of which illustrated books and plays he wrote himself. His most notable works include The First Day, The Cathedrals and The Avenger. Find a variety of Ernst Barlach art on 1stDibs.

Ernst Haas used multiple cameras over the course of his career. Early on, he shot with a Rolleiflex made by the German company Rollei GmbH & Co. Toward the end of the 1940s, he began using a more portable 35mm Leica rangefinder. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Ernst Haas photographic art.

You can see Max Ernst paintings in many places around the world. The Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR in Brühl, Germany, is home to one of the largest exhibitions of his work. Other museums that have Max Ernst paintings in their permanent collections include the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California; the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois and the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan. Explore a range of Max Ernst art on 1stDibs.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was famous for being a German Expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the founders of the artist's group Die Brücke, or "The Bridge," a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art. Kirchner volunteered for army service in the First World War but soon suffered a breakdown and was discharged. His work was branded as "degenerate" by the Nazis in 1933, and in 1937 more than 600 of his works were sold or destroyed. Find a selection of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner art on 1stDibs.