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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Das Licht, 1965

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Das Licht, 1965

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Vernis mou I, 1958

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Vernis mou I, 1958

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Crescendo, 1963

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Crescendo, 1963

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Waldgeist, 1948

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Waldgeist, 1948

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Untitled, 1963

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Untitled, 1963

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Untitled, 1954

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Untitled, 1954

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Helena i, 1948

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Helena i, 1948

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Ohne Titel, 1950

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Ohne Titel, 1950

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Figuration in blau und rot, 1963

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Figuration in blau und rot, 1963

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Mit gelbem Vogel, 1950

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Mit gelbem Vogel, 1950

Sale Date: November 28, 2013

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Die Pflanze (from Uber den Menschen), 1965

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Die Pflanze (from Uber den Menschen), 1965

Sale Date: November 11, 2013

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Algraphie 1953-1, 1953

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Algraphie 1953-1, 1953

Sale Date: November 16, 2013

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Farbaquatinta 1965-8, 1965

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Farbaquatinta 1965-8, 1965

Sale Date: October 19, 2013

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Mädchen mit Kopftuch (+ Farbaquatinta..., 1930

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Mädchen mit Kopftuch (+ Farbaquatinta..., 1930

Sale Date: October 19, 2013

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Offset (NOR), 1966

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Offset (NOR), 1966

Sale Date: September 28, 2013

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Variation IV, 1955

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Variation IV, 1955

Sale Date: July 28, 2013

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Farblitho 1958 (NOR), 1958

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Farblitho 1958 (NOR), 1958

Sale Date: June 29, 2013

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Siebdruck 1966 - 1 (NOR), 1966

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Siebdruck 1966 - 1 (NOR), 1966

Sale Date: June 26, 2013

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Zinngrau und Ocker, 1956

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Zinngrau und Ocker, 1956

Sale Date: June 6, 2013

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Komposition Nr. 3, 1966

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Komposition Nr. 3, 1966

Sale Date: June 13, 2013

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Farblitho 1966-1 (NOR), 1966

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Farblitho 1966-1 (NOR), 1966

Sale Date: June 6, 2013

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Farbholzschnitt 1952-4, 1952

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Farbholzschnitt 1952-4, 1952

Sale Date: June 8, 2013

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Farbholzschnitt 1952-2, 1952

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Farbholzschnitt 1952-2, 1952

Sale Date: June 8, 2013

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Dominant Blau (from Europäische Graphik , 1964–1972

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Dominant Blau (from Europäische Graphik , 1964–1972

Sale Date: June 4, 2013

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