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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Composition, 1962

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Composition, 1962

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Composition, 1958

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Composition, 1958

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Gespräch, 1942

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Gespräch, 1942

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Männer mit Stier, 1947

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Männer mit Stier, 1947

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Ohne Titel (Scheibenbild), 1961

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Ohne Titel (Scheibenbild), 1961

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Badende Menschen, 1939

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Badende Menschen, 1939

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1 (NOR), 1968

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1 (NOR), 1968

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Der Mensch, pl.4 (from Über den Menschen), 1965

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Der Mensch, pl.4 (from Über den Menschen), 1965

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Der Mensch, pl.4 (from Ûber den Menschen), 1965

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Der Mensch, pl.4 (from Ûber den Menschen), 1965

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Farbaquatinta 1963 - 1 (NOR), 1963

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Farbaquatinta 1963 - 1 (NOR), 1963

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Frau und Hahn, 1948

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Frau und Hahn, 1948

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Ohne Titel, 1948

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Ohne Titel, 1948

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Räderbild, 1958

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Räderbild, 1958

Sale Date: June 2, 2010

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Farbaquatinta 1965-1 (Die Wüste) (from Über..., 1965

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Farbaquatinta 1965-1 (Die Wüste) (from Über..., 1965

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Albaran, 1951

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Albaran, 1951

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Ohne Titel, 1954

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Ohne Titel, 1954

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Farblitho (NOR), 1958

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Farblitho (NOR), 1958

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Farbaquatinta 1963 - 2 (NOR), 1963

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Farbaquatinta 1963 - 2 (NOR), 1963

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Vernis mou III, 1959

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Vernis mou III, 1959

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Dans la campagne, 1947

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Dans la campagne, 1947

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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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 18, 2010

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Abstract composition, 1952

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Abstract composition, 1952

Sale Date: April 24, 2010

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Composition in expressive colours I, 1968

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Composition in expressive colours I, 1968

Sale Date: April 24, 2010

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Ohne Titel, 1956

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Ohne Titel, 1956

Sale Date: April 20, 2010

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