Ernst Wilhelm Nay ( German: Ernst Wilhelm Nay ; June 11, 1902 , Berlin - April 8, 1968 , Cologne ) - German artist and graphic artist, representative of abstract expressionism .
| Ernst Wilhelm Nye | |
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 Ernst Wilhelm Nye (right) against the background of his picture (1960) | |
| Birth name | Ernst Wilhelm Nay |
| Date of Birth | June 11, 1902 |
| Place of Birth | Berlin , Germany |
| Date of death | April 8, 1968 (aged 65) |
| Place of death | Cologne , Germany |
| Citizenship |  Germany |
| Genre | painting , graphics |
| Style | expressionism |
| Awards | [d] ( 1964 ) |
Life and work
In 1921 - 1922 he studied in Berlin as a bookseller. In 1925 - 1928 he studied painting in the class of Karl Hofer at the Joint State School for Free and Applied Arts in Berlin. In 1926 - 1927 he took part in the exhibitions of the Berlin Secession and the Munich New Secession. Since 1928 he lived in Paris, and then, after receiving a Bornholm scholarship in 1930 to improve his artistic skills, he left for Italy. In 1931 - 1932 he lived and worked at Villa Massimo in Rome .
- 1937 a ban on exhibiting in Germany, Ney's works declared to be classified as “degenerative art”, as “samples” several works exhibited at Nazi exhibitions of “degenerative art” in Berlin and Munich
- 1937-1938 lives with Edward Munch in Lofoten, Norway
- 1939-1945 during the Second World War, drafted into the army
- 1943 artist's studio in Berlin destroyed during the bombing
- 1945 lives in Hofheim (Taunus). Writes a series of "Hecate-paintings."
- 1946 personal exhibitions in the galleries of Gunther Franke in Munich and Gerd Rosen in Berlin
- 1948 takes part in the Venice Biennale
- 1951 move to Cologne
- 1952 writes a series of "Rhythmic paintings"
- 1953 Award Lissone, Italy
- 1955 takes part in the Biennale in Sao Paulo; Hamburg City Lichtwark Prize
- 1956 accepted as a full member of the Berlin Academy of Arts; North Rhine-Westphalia Grand Arts Award
- 1960 Guggenheim Award (German Section)
- 1964 Berlin City Art Award
Selected Canvases
- "Yellow Seated" 1948 private collection
- Orange and Slate Gray 1953 Munster Westphalian State Museum of Art and History of Culture
- "Way of the Sun" 1956 private collection
- Rho 1960 Private Collection
- "Yellow Chrome" 1960 Essen Folkwang Museum
- "Mountain landscape-Lofoten" 1938 Saarbrücken, Saarland Museum.
Literature
- Die Welt der Malerei, Köln 1990