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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Ohne Titel, 1946

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Ohne Titel, 1946

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Siebdruck 1966 - 2, 1966

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Siebdruck 1966 - 2, 1966

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Ohne Titel, 1958

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Ohne Titel, 1958

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Siebdruck - 1(NOR), 1966

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Siebdruck - 1(NOR), 1966

Sale Date: November 12, 2009

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Ohne Titel, 1954

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Ohne Titel, 1954

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Ohne Titel, 1961

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Ohne Titel, 1961

Sale Date: November 18, 2009

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Farbaquatinta 1965-7, 1965

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Farbaquatinta 1965-7, 1965

Sale Date: November 14, 2009

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Vernis-mou III, 1959

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Vernis-mou III, 1959

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Farblitho 1959 - NOR (Mann und Frau), 1959

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Farblitho 1959 - NOR (Mann und Frau), 1959

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Ohne Titel, 1962

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Ohne Titel, 1962

Sale Date: October 17, 2009

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Farblitho 1962 (NOR)

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Farblitho 1962 (NOR)

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Litho 1967, 1967

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Litho 1967, 1967

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Farbaquatinta 1963 - 2 (NOR)

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Farbaquatinta 1963 - 2 (NOR)

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Farblitho 1964-3, 1964

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Farblitho 1964-3, 1964

Sale Date: October 24, 2009

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Über den Menschen (portfolio of 6 w/title pg.), 1965

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Über den Menschen (portfolio of 6 w/title pg.), 1965

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Abstrakte Komposition, 1953

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Abstrakte Komposition, 1953

Sale Date: September 28, 2009

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Ohne Titel (Rote Form auf Metallblau), 1967

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Ohne Titel (Rote Form auf Metallblau), 1967

Sale Date: September 26, 2009

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Litho 1967, 1967

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Litho 1967, 1967

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Mädchen mit Kopftuch, 1930

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Mädchen mit Kopftuch, 1930

Sale Date: September 26, 2009

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Farblitho 1968 - 2 (NOR) nach Vorlage eines..., 1968

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Farblitho 1968 - 2 (NOR) nach Vorlage eines..., 1968

Sale Date: September 26, 2009

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Farbaquatinta 1964 (NOR) nach einer..., 1964

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Farbaquatinta 1964 (NOR) nach einer..., 1964

Sale Date: September 26, 2009

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NOR, 1966

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NOR, 1966

Sale Date: September 19, 2009

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Karneol, 1958

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Karneol, 1958

Sale Date: September 19, 2009

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Farblithographie (NOR), 1955

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Farblithographie (NOR), 1955

Sale Date: September 22, 2009

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