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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Segelboot, 1931

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Segelboot, 1931

Sale Date: October 1, 2011

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Fisherman, 1938

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Fisherman, 1938

Sale Date: March 9, 2010

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Two figures a wheel and a geometric shape in , 1932

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Two figures a wheel and a geometric shape in , 1932

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Shells and a fish (study)

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Shells and a fish (study)

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Figure on a horse

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Figure on a horse

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Siebdruck - 1 (NOR), 1966

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Siebdruck - 1 (NOR), 1966

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Farblitho-3, 1964

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Farblitho-3, 1964

Sale Date: June 11, 2011

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Farbaquatinta (NOR), 1962

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Farbaquatinta (NOR), 1962

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Farblitho 1958 (NOR), 1958

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Farblitho 1958 (NOR), 1958

Sale Date: June 8, 2011

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1963-2 (NOR), 1963

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1963-2 (NOR), 1963

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Sitzende, 1946

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Sitzende, 1946

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Grün in Blau, 1958

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Grün in Blau, 1958

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Im Gegenspiel (from Rhythmischen Bilder), 1952

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Im Gegenspiel (from Rhythmischen Bilder), 1952

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Farblitho 1966, 1966

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Farblitho 1966, 1966

Sale Date: June 1, 2011

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Farblitho 1964-3, 1964

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Farblitho 1964-3, 1964

Sale Date: June 1, 2011

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Familie, 1943

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Familie, 1943

Sale Date: May 31, 2011

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Drei Männer mit Stier, 1947

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Drei Männer mit Stier, 1947

Sale Date: June 4, 2011

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Rot aus Blau (from Europäische Graphik II), 1964

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Rot aus Blau (from Europäische Graphik II), 1964

Sale Date: May 24, 2011

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Farblitho 1967-3, 1967

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Farblitho 1967-3, 1967

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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Farbaquatinta 1964 (NOR), 1964

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Farbaquatinta 1964 (NOR), 1964

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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Farbaquatinta 1963-2 (NOR), 1963

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Farbaquatinta 1963-2 (NOR), 1963

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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Farbaquatinta 1963-1 (NOR), 1963

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Farbaquatinta 1963-1 (NOR), 1963

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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Farbaquatint 1957-4, 1957

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Farbaquatint 1957-4, 1957

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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Farbaquatinta 1957-1, 1957

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Farbaquatinta 1957-1, 1957

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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