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Sinus

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162.0 x 150.0cm

A key figure of German post-war abstraction, Nay is famed for his Scheibenbilder. Discover his vibrant, rhythmic masterpieces today.

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Artist Biography

The Formative Years and Early Works

Born in Berlin, Germany, Ernst Wilhelm Nay was the second of six children. After completing his education at the provincial school Pforta in Thuringia, he began a bookshop apprenticeship in Berlin before turning toward painting. His talent was recognized by Karl Hofer at the College of Fine Arts in Berlin, who provided him with a scholarship and inclusion in his painting class. During his studies, he met his future wife, Helene Kirchner, who worked there as a model.

His early artistic output included autodidactically painted landscapes and portraits. During a stay in Rome, he produced surrealist-abstract images, including small-format still lifes featuring shells or worms. His work during the 1930s included the "beach pictures" from Bornholm and the "fisherman's drawings," which utilized pen and ink to translate the activity of fishermen and the movement of boats into free line art.

Evolution of Style and Later Periods

Nay's career was marked by several distinct phases of development. Following his time in France during the war, he created the "Hekatebilder" and later the "Fugal pictures." In Cologne, he developed the "Scheibenbildern," where the circular form of the disc became a dominant motif. This period was characterized by his publication of the manifesto "From the Gestalt value of color."

His later work included several notable series:

Nay died in Cologne, leaving behind a body of work that transitioned from figurative landscapes to complex, non-objective compositions.

Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Ernst Wilhelm Nay

1902 - 1968 , Germany

Quick Facts

  • Artistic Movement Or Style: Classical modernism
  • Artists Who Influenced This Artist:
    • Henri Matisse
    • Karl Hofer
  • Full Name: Ernst Wilhelm Nay
  • Nationality: German
  • Notable Artworks:
    • Portrait Franz Reuter
    • Large shell with men
    • Fleeing worms
    • White Bull
    • Mandrill
    • Dunes
    • Nocturnal Sea
    • Ostseefischer I
    • Lofotenlandschaft
    • People in the Lofoten
    • Eduard's Death I-IV
    • The Angel
    • Liegende
    • Daughter of Hecate I
    • Vocal sound
    • Silver melody
    • Black rhythms, red to gray
    • Freiburger Bild
    • Ecstatic Blue
    • Red Chain
    • With dark gray arch form
    • Red Spindle
    • White-Black-Yellow
  • Place Of Birth: Berlin, Germany
  • Date Of Birth: 1902
  • Date Of Death: 1968
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