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

Ernst Haas (947 results)
Lake Huntington, Kenya, 1970, 1970

Ernst Haas

Lake Huntington, Kenya, 1970, 1970

Sale Date: July 26, 2018

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New York City, Fish, 1961

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New York City, Fish, 1961

Sale Date: February 7, 2019

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New York City, USA, 1952

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New York City, USA, 1952

Sale Date: February 7, 2019

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Red Rose, 1970

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Red Rose, 1970

Sale Date: February 7, 2019

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La Suerte de Capa, Pamplona, 1956

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La Suerte de Capa, Pamplona, 1956

Sale Date: December 11, 2018

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Wilting Rose, Botanical Garden, New York, 1983

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Wilting Rose, Botanical Garden, New York, 1983

Sale Date: December 4, 2018

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Flowers, Coleus, Rockport, Maine, 1982

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Flowers, Coleus, Rockport, Maine, 1982

Sale Date: December 4, 2018

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(3) Abstract Photos

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(3) Abstract Photos

Sale Date: November 16, 2018

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(2) Photographs, 1969

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(2) Photographs, 1969

Sale Date: November 16, 2018

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Rose, New York, 1983

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Rose, New York, 1983

Sale Date: November 8, 2018

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Einstein Thinking’, Princeton, New Jersey, 1951

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Einstein Thinking’, Princeton, New Jersey, 1951

Sale Date: November 23, 2018

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Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978

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Western Skies Motel, Colorado, 1978

Sale Date: October 18, 2018

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Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller on the , 1960–1961

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Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller on the , 1960–1961

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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West Side Story, 1961

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West Side Story, 1961

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, N. Y., 1961

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GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, N. Y., 1961

Sale Date: October 3, 2018

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., 1963

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., 1963

Sale Date: October 3, 2018

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Western Skies Motel, New Mexico, 1978

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Western Skies Motel, New Mexico, 1978

Sale Date: September 21, 2018

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Lights of New York City, 1970

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Lights of New York City, 1970

Sale Date: September 21, 2018

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Displaced Persons, 1951

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Displaced Persons, 1951

Sale Date: October 4, 2018

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The Swimmer, Greece, 1970

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The Swimmer, Greece, 1970

Sale Date: October 2, 2018

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Red Rose, 1970

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Red Rose, 1970

Sale Date: October 2, 2018

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Oil Spill, NYC, 1952

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Oil Spill, NYC, 1952

Sale Date: October 2, 2018

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Black Wave, 1966

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Black Wave, 1966

Sale Date: October 2, 2018

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Lake Huntington, Kenya, 1970

Ernst Haas

Lake Huntington, Kenya, 1970

Sale Date: July 26, 2018

Auction Closed