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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Ostseefischer mit Boot (+ another drawing,..., 1936

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Ostseefischer mit Boot (+ another drawing,..., 1936

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Ostseefischer, 1936

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Ostseefischer, 1936

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Ohne Titel (Figuren in Landschaft), 1946

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Ohne Titel (Figuren in Landschaft), 1946

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Mit schwarzen Spitzen, 1955

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Mit schwarzen Spitzen, 1955

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Ohne Titel (Augen), 1963

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Ohne Titel (Augen), 1963

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Lofotenlandschaften (portfolio of 4), 1938

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Lofotenlandschaften (portfolio of 4), 1938

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Farblitho 1966, 1966

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Farblitho 1966, 1966

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Ohne Titel, 1965

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Ohne Titel, 1965

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Das Licht, 1965

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Das Licht, 1965

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Spiele des Menschen, pl. 5 (from Über den..., 1965

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Spiele des Menschen, pl. 5 (from Über den..., 1965

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Die Pflanze, pl. 2 (from Über den Menschen), 1965

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Die Pflanze, pl. 2 (from Über den Menschen), 1965

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Ohne Titel, 1963

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Ohne Titel, 1963

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Ohne Titel, 1965

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Ohne Titel, 1965

Sale Date: November 14, 2005

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Siebdruck 1966-1 (NOR), 1966

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Siebdruck 1966-1 (NOR), 1966

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Metablau, 1972

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Metablau, 1972

Sale Date: October 28, 2005

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Farblitho 1968 - 1 (NOR), 1968

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Farblitho 1968 - 1 (NOR), 1968

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Siebdruck 1966 - 1 NOR, 1966

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Siebdruck 1966 - 1 NOR, 1966

Sale Date: October 28, 2005

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Dominant blau, pl. 3 (from Europäische..., 1964

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Dominant blau, pl. 3 (from Europäische..., 1964

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Farbaquatinta 1965-7, 1965

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Farbaquatinta 1965-7, 1965

Sale Date: October 28, 2005

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Farbaquatinta 1960 (NOR), 1960

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Farbaquatinta 1960 (NOR), 1960

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Komposition (study), 1948

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Komposition (study), 1948

Sale Date: October 28, 2005

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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

Sale Date: October 29, 2005

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Farblitho 1968 - 2 (NOR), 1968

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Farblitho 1968 - 2 (NOR), 1968

Sale Date: September 24, 2005

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

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

Sale Date: September 24, 2005

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