Ernst Haas

(American/Austrian, 1921–1986)

Ernst Haas was an influential American-Austrian photographer known for producing color photos during a time when it was considered inferior to black-and-white. His innovative use of shutter speed added a blurred effect to his images, creating a unique sense of movement. “Bored with obvious reality, I find my fascination in transforming it into a subjective point of view,” he once said. Born on March 2, 1921 in Vienna, Austria, he went on to attend the Graphische Lehr und Versuchsanstalt and purchased his first camera in 1946. Working as a staff photographer for Heute magazine, he won acclaim for his photo essay about prisoners of war coming home to Vienna. This series of photos led Robert Capa to offer Haas a position at Magnum Photos in 1949. He moved to New York in 1950, and two years later hitchhiked across the United States, producing his first photo essay for LIFE magazine. His experience working on John Huston’s film The Bible (1966), spurred Haas’s production of the seminal 1971 photobook The Creation. In the years that followed, the artist continued to photograph locations across the globe. He died on September 12, 1986 in New York, NY. Today, Haas’s photographs are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the Museum Modern Kunst in Vienna, among others.

Ernst Haas Artworks

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Ernst Haas (947 results)
Guggenheim Museum, NY, 1961, 1961

Ernst Haas

Guggenheim Museum, NY, 1961, 1961

Sale Date: December 12, 2022

Auction Closed

Traffic, New York, 1957, 1957

Ernst Haas

Traffic, New York, 1957, 1957

Sale Date: December 12, 2022

Auction Closed

Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

Sale Date: December 6, 2022

Auction Closed

Leaping Horse on the Set of the Misfits,..., 1960

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Leaping Horse on the Set of the Misfits,..., 1960

Sale Date: December 14, 2022

Auction Closed

Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

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Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

Auction Closed

AFRO-AMERICAN FAMILY IN NUCLEAR TOWN OF OAK..., 1956

Ernst Haas

AFRO-AMERICAN FAMILY IN NUCLEAR TOWN OF OAK..., 1956

Sale Date: November 19, 2022

Auction Closed

LIEUTENANT SEQUIN AND CAPTAIN YVES HERVOUËT, 1954

Ernst Haas

LIEUTENANT SEQUIN AND CAPTAIN YVES HERVOUËT, 1954

Sale Date: November 19, 2022

Auction Closed

Einstein Thinking, Princeton, NJ, 1951

Ernst Haas

Einstein Thinking, Princeton, NJ, 1951

Sale Date: October 11, 2022

Auction Closed

Monument Valley, Utah, 1962

Ernst Haas

Monument Valley, Utah, 1962

Sale Date: October 11, 2022

Auction Closed

Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

Ernst Haas

Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

Sale Date: October 11, 2022

Auction Closed

Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

Ernst Haas

Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1969

Sale Date: October 12, 2022

Auction Closed

Leaping Horse, 'The Misfits,' Nevada, 1960

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Leaping Horse, 'The Misfits,' Nevada, 1960

Sale Date: October 12, 2022

Auction Closed

Windmill, Greece, 1952

Ernst Haas

Windmill, Greece, 1952

Sale Date: October 7, 2022

Auction Closed

Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, and Montgomery..., 1960

Ernst Haas

Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, and Montgomery..., 1960

Sale Date: October 11, 2022

Auction Closed

The Cross, New York, 1966

Ernst Haas

The Cross, New York, 1966

Sale Date: September 22, 2022

Auction Closed

Swimmer, New York, USA, 1981, 1981

Ernst Haas

Swimmer, New York, USA, 1981, 1981

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

Auction Closed

Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, The Misfits, , 1960

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Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, The Misfits, , 1960

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

Auction Closed

White Sands, New Mexico, 1952, 1952

Ernst Haas

White Sands, New Mexico, 1952, 1952

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

Auction Closed

The Swimmer, 1970, 1970

Ernst Haas

The Swimmer, 1970, 1970

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

Auction Closed

Swimmers, Long Island, 1954, 1954

Ernst Haas

Swimmers, Long Island, 1954, 1954

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

Auction Closed

Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1952, 1952

Ernst Haas

Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1952, 1952

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

Auction Closed

Head and Nail, NYC, 1966, 1966

Ernst Haas

Head and Nail, NYC, 1966, 1966

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

Auction Closed

Soapy Water, Los Angeles, CA, 1968, 1968

Ernst Haas

Soapy Water, Los Angeles, CA, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

Auction Closed

Guggenheim Museum (Sailor) New York, 1961

Ernst Haas

Guggenheim Museum (Sailor) New York, 1961

Sale Date: July 1, 2022

Auction Closed

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