Ernst Wilhelm Nay

(German, 1902–1968)

Ernst Wilhelm Nay was a German painter known for his association with the Art Informel movement and post-World War II artists such as Karel Appel, Jean Dubuffet, and Alberto Burri. Despite working exclusively in abstraction, Nay’s distinctive Expressionistic use of color and textile-like patterning show the influence of representational painters like Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and the Henri Matisse. Born on June 1, 1911 in Berlin, Germany, he went on to study under Karl Hofer at the Berlin Art Academy. Nay was on track for a successful career in Germany, until the Nazi regime labeled his work as Degenerate, thereby making it illegal for him to show or even produce artworks. After being conscripted into the Nazi army, the artist served in France where he was able to secretly paint in a friend’s sculpture studio. It was not until a decade after the war with his participation in the 1956 Venice Biennale that Nay made a breakthrough into the international art scene. Today, his works are in the collections of the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Tate Modern in London, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, among others. he died on April 8, 1968 in Cologne, Germany.

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Hellblau im Zentrum, 1961

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Hellblau im Zentrum, 1961

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Schwarze Sternenbahn, 1955

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Schwarze Sternenbahn, 1955

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BLEU ROYAL, 1958

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BLEU ROYAL, 1958

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Untitled, 1957

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Untitled, 1957

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Dominant Grün, 1955

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Dominant Grün, 1955

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Untitled, 1962

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Untitled, 1962

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Fischer, 1936

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Fischer, 1936

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„Dans la campagne “, 1947

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„Dans la campagne “, 1947

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„Landschaft mit Laterne und Schornstein, 1925

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„Landschaft mit Laterne und Schornstein, 1925

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„Landschaft mit Weg, 1925

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„Landschaft mit Weg, 1925

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„Exzentrik“, 1953

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„Exzentrik“, 1953

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Einklang - Harmony, 1953

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Einklang - Harmony, 1953

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NOR, 1962

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NOR, 1962

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NOR, 1962

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NOR, 1962

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Vom Aufsteigenden Blau (From the Rising Blue), 1956

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Vom Aufsteigenden Blau (From the Rising Blue), 1956

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Dunkelblau, 1964

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Dunkelblau, 1964

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Scheiben, 1955

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Scheiben, 1955

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Blaue Sitzende mit Spiegel, 1947

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Blaue Sitzende mit Spiegel, 1947

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Ostseefischer, 1936

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Ostseefischer, 1936

Sale Date: October 26, 2018

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FARBLITHO 1958 (NOR), 1958

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FARBLITHO 1958 (NOR), 1958

Sale Date: September 22, 2018

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Männer mit braunem Stier, 1947

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Männer mit braunem Stier, 1947

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Composition

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Composition

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Persisches Gedicht, 1949

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Persisches Gedicht, 1949

Sale Date: June 30, 2018

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60 Jahre. Ausstellungskatalog Museum..., 1962

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60 Jahre. Ausstellungskatalog Museum..., 1962

Sale Date: June 30, 2018

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