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, 1965

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Ohne Titel, 1965

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Sommer (Bulgarien)

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Sommer (Bulgarien)

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Lichtgelb

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Lichtgelb

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Zwei Badende am Bergsee, pl.4 (from..., 1938

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Zwei Badende am Bergsee, pl.4 (from..., 1938

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Dominant Blau (from Europäische Graphik II), 1964

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Dominant Blau (from Europäische Graphik II), 1964

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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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Farbaquatinta 1965-7, 1965

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Farbaquatinta 1965-7, 1965

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Komposition mit vier blauen Kreisen, 1965

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Komposition mit vier blauen Kreisen, 1965

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Ohne Titel (Scheibenbild), 1959

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Ohne Titel (Scheibenbild), 1959

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Gezeiten, 1952

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Gezeiten, 1952

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Untitled, 1964

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Untitled, 1964

Sale Date: December 4, 2004

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Ohne Titel (Scheiben), 1958

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Ohne Titel (Scheiben), 1958

Sale Date: December 3, 2004

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Ohne Titel (Metablau), 1972

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Ohne Titel (Metablau), 1972

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Ohne Titel, 1954

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Ohne Titel, 1954

Sale Date: December 3, 2004

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Ohne Titel (Phoenix), 1947

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Ohne Titel (Phoenix), 1947

Sale Date: December 3, 2004

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Ohne Titel (In der Bretagne), 1942

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Ohne Titel (In der Bretagne), 1942

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Albaran, 1951

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Albaran, 1951

Sale Date: November 27, 2004

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Komposition in Rot, 1951

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Komposition in Rot, 1951

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Mädchen mit Kopftuch, 1930

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Mädchen mit Kopftuch, 1930

Sale Date: November 27, 2004

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Komposition (+ another similar, verso), 1948

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Komposition (+ another similar, verso), 1948

Sale Date: November 27, 2004

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C.G. Heise zum Geburtstag, 1965

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C.G. Heise zum Geburtstag, 1965

Sale Date: December 2, 2004

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Ohne Titel, 1955

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Ohne Titel, 1955

Sale Date: December 2, 2004

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Ohne Titel, 1962

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Ohne Titel, 1962

Sale Date: November 27, 2004

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Pastorale, 1954

Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Pastorale, 1954

Sale Date: November 26, 2004

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