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, 1966

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Ohne Titel, 1966

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Ohne Titel, 1954

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Ohne Titel, 1954

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Ohne Titel, 1956

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Ohne Titel, 1956

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Ohne Titel, 1958

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Ohne Titel, 1958

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Le Sacre du Printemps, 1951

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Le Sacre du Printemps, 1951

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Ohne Titel, 1951

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Ohne Titel, 1951

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Badende, 1941

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Badende, 1941

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Keime im Sand, 1965

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Keime im Sand, 1965

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Blaue Spindeln - Grüne Kette, 1965

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Blaue Spindeln - Grüne Kette, 1965

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Dunkelblau, 1964

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Dunkelblau, 1964

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Ohne Titel, 1956

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Ohne Titel, 1956

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Figurale - Phyllis, 1950

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Figurale - Phyllis, 1950

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Frau mit Spiegel, 1947

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Frau mit Spiegel, 1947

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Siebdruck 1967 (NOR), 1967

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Siebdruck 1967 (NOR), 1967

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Farblitho 1966-1 (NOR), 1966

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Farblitho 1966-1 (NOR), 1966

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Rot aus Blau (from Europäische Graphik II), 1964

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Rot aus Blau (from Europäische Graphik II), 1964

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Komposition (NOR), 1955

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Komposition (NOR), 1955

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Spiele des Menschen, pl. 5 (from E.W. Nay...., 1965

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Spiele des Menschen, pl. 5 (from E.W. Nay...., 1965

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Farbaquatinta 1958-1 (Karneol), 1958

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Farbaquatinta 1958-1 (Karneol), 1958

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Die Pflanze, 1965

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Die Pflanze, 1965

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Susanne II, 1948

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Susanne II, 1948

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2 (NOR), 1966

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2 (NOR), 1966

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Oberon, 1949

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Oberon, 1949

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Die Wüste, pl. 1 (from Über den Menschen), 1965

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Die Wüste, pl. 1 (from Über den Menschen), 1965

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