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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Augenbild 2, 1963

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Augenbild 2, 1963

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Untitled, 1959

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Untitled, 1959

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Euryanthe III, 1947

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Euryanthe III, 1947

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Selbstbildnis, 1940

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Selbstbildnis, 1940

Sale Date: June 1, 2017

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Offset 1966 (NOR), 1966

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Offset 1966 (NOR), 1966

Sale Date: May 17, 2017

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Farblitho 1967-2 (Hommage à Cassou)

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Farblitho 1967-2 (Hommage à Cassou)

Sale Date: May 13, 2017

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Tauromachia (Stierbändiger)

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Tauromachia (Stierbändiger)

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Watercolor

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Watercolor

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Composition

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Composition

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Figurale - Odaliske in Hellblau und Rot..., 1950

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Figurale - Odaliske in Hellblau und Rot..., 1950

Sale Date: March 8, 2017

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Composition, 1965

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Composition, 1965

Sale Date: February 16, 2017

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Vernis mou I, 1958

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Vernis mou I, 1958

Sale Date: February 16, 2017

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Saint Visat, 1960

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Saint Visat, 1960

Sale Date: February 16, 2017

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Desert

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Desert

Sale Date: February 11, 2017

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Composition, 1965

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Composition, 1965

Sale Date: December 29, 2016

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Vernis mou I, 1958

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Vernis mou I, 1958

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Saint Visat, 1960

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Saint Visat, 1960

Sale Date: December 29, 2016

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Über den Menschen (portfolio of 6), 1965

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Über den Menschen (portfolio of 6), 1965

Sale Date: December 29, 2016

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Dominant Blau, 1964

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Dominant Blau, 1964

Sale Date: December 29, 2016

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Ohne Titel, 1967

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Ohne Titel, 1967

Sale Date: December 9, 2016

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Farblitho 1961 (NOR), 1961

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Farblitho 1961 (NOR), 1961

Sale Date: December 9, 2016

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Vernis mou I, 1958

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Vernis mou I, 1958

Sale Date: December 9, 2016

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Liegende, 1950

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Liegende, 1950

Sale Date: December 9, 2016

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Erscheinung des Herrn in rotem Mantel, 1943

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Erscheinung des Herrn in rotem Mantel, 1943

Sale Date: December 9, 2016

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