When the artist finds himself he is lost. The fact that he has succeeded in never finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as his only lasting achievement.

In 1924 he abruptly left first for Monaco and then for Saigon Vietnam. He was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery. B.

A prolific artist Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism. Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German painter sculptor graphic artist and poet.