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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Gelb zu grau, 1954

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Gelb zu grau, 1954

Sale Date: June 21, 2007

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Untitled, 1957

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Untitled, 1957

Sale Date: June 21, 2007

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Mädchen mit Kopftuch

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Mädchen mit Kopftuch

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Siebdruck 1966 - 1 (NOR), 1966

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Siebdruck 1966 - 1 (NOR), 1966

Sale Date: June 6, 2007

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Die Pflanze, pl. 2 (from E.W. Nay, Sechs..., 1965

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Die Pflanze, pl. 2 (from E.W. Nay, Sechs..., 1965

Sale Date: June 6, 2007

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Die Wüste (from E.W. Nay, Sechs Aquatinten - , 1965

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Die Wüste (from E.W. Nay, Sechs Aquatinten - , 1965

Sale Date: June 6, 2007

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Dominant Blau, 1964

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Dominant Blau, 1964

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Farblitho 1959 (NOR), 1959

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Farblitho 1959 (NOR), 1959

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Zwei weibliche Akte, 1942

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Zwei weibliche Akte, 1942

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Ohne Titel, 1955

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Ohne Titel, 1955

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Ohne Titel (Scheiben), 1958

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Ohne Titel (Scheiben), 1958

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Ohne Titel, 1962

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Ohne Titel, 1962

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Ohne Titel, 1947

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Ohne Titel, 1947

Sale Date: June 1, 2007

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Ketten und Karten, 1954

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Ketten und Karten, 1954

Sale Date: June 1, 2007

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Komposititon, 1963

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Komposititon, 1963

Sale Date: June 1, 2007

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Finsternis, 1959

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Finsternis, 1959

Sale Date: June 1, 2007

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Farblitho 1968-2 (NOR), 1968

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Farblitho 1968-2 (NOR), 1968

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Weiblicher Akt (+ Der Bettler, 1943, lrgr; 2 , 1944

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Weiblicher Akt (+ Der Bettler, 1943, lrgr; 2 , 1944

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Sitzende Figur, 1948

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Sitzende Figur, 1948

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Liegende und sitzende Figur, 1944

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Liegende und sitzende Figur, 1944

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Familie (preliminary study), 1943

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Familie (preliminary study), 1943

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Paar, 1943

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Paar, 1943

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Figuren (dbl-sided), 1943

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Figuren (dbl-sided), 1943

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Ostseefischer, 1936

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Ostseefischer, 1936

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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