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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Mutter mit Kind unter Blütenbaum, 1944

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Mutter mit Kind unter Blütenbaum, 1944

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Frau mit Tuch, 1945

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Frau mit Tuch, 1945

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Komposition zu C. G. Heise zum Geburtstag, 1965

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Komposition zu C. G. Heise zum Geburtstag, 1965

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Ohne Titel, 1968

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Ohne Titel, 1968

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Ohne Titel, 1966

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Ohne Titel, 1966

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Ohne Titel (Farblitho), 1959

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Ohne Titel (Farblitho), 1959

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Farblitho 1968-1 (NOR), 1968

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Farblitho 1968-1 (NOR), 1968

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C. G. Heise zum Geburtstag, 1965

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C. G. Heise zum Geburtstag, 1965

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C.G. Heise zum Geburtstag

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C.G. Heise zum Geburtstag

Sale Date: November 8, 2007

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Siebdruck 1966 - 2 (NOR), 1966

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Siebdruck 1966 - 2 (NOR), 1966

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Spiele des Menschen pl. 5 (from Sechs..., 1965

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Spiele des Menschen pl. 5 (from Sechs..., 1965

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Die Pflanze, pl. 2 (from Sechs Aquatinten -..., 1965

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Die Pflanze, pl. 2 (from Sechs Aquatinten -..., 1965

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Farblitho 1964 - 3, 1964

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Farblitho 1964 - 3, 1964

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Dominant Blau (from Neue Europäische Graphik , 1964

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Dominant Blau (from Neue Europäische Graphik , 1964

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Ohne Titel (Farbspiele), 1952

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Ohne Titel (Farbspiele), 1952

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Ohne Titel, 1955

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Ohne Titel, 1955

Sale Date: October 27, 2007

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Liegende und sitzende Figur, 1944

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Liegende und sitzende Figur, 1944

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Siebdruck 1967 (NOR), 1967

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Siebdruck 1967 (NOR), 1967

Sale Date: September 22, 2007

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Farbaquatinta 1965-7 (+ another imp. of..., 1965

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Farbaquatinta 1965-7 (+ another imp. of..., 1965

Sale Date: September 22, 2007

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Farblitho 1962 (NOR), 1962

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Farblitho 1962 (NOR), 1962

Sale Date: September 22, 2007

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Farblitho 1953, 1953

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Farblitho 1953, 1953

Sale Date: September 22, 2007

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Still life with apples, 1928

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Still life with apples, 1928

Sale Date: September 29, 2007

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Mit weisser Spindel, 1967

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Mit weisser Spindel, 1967

Sale Date: June 22, 2007

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Oxyd, 1963

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Oxyd, 1963

Sale Date: June 22, 2007

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