Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

American, German, 1920-1984

An important and influential artist and educator, Jimmy Ernst was associated with two of the twentieth century's major art movements—Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. The son of the Surrealist painter Max Ernst and the art historian Louise Straus, he was born Hans Ulrich Ernst in Cologne, Germany, on June 24, 1920. His parents divorced two years later, and his father moved to Paris, while Ernst stayed in Cologne with his mother. In 1930, Ernst traveled to Paris to visit his father, where he met many of the Surrealists including Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, Andre Masson, Jean Miró, and Man Ray. After Hitler's rise to power in 1933, the Ernst apartment in Cologne was searched, and his mother began to fear for their safety. He was sent to live with his maternal grandfather, while his mother moved to Paris. Five years later, in 1938, Ernst immigrated to the United States. After settling in New York, he met other European exiles and members of the avant-garde. Ernst petitioned the Emergency Rescue Committee in 1941 to help his parents escape France. His father successfully fled Europe in 1941, arriving in America with Peggy Guggenheim. However, his attempt to rescue his mother was unsuccessful. In 1944 she was sent to Auschwitz, where she died. Ernst had his first solo exhibition at Norlyst Gallery in New York in 1941. On October 20, 1942, Guggenheim's legendary Art of this Century Gallery opened with Ernst as Director, a role that further associated him with the New York avant-garde. In 1950, he joined such eminent artists as Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko in the famous "Irascible Eighteen." The largely Abstract Expressionist group protested the perceived anti-abstractionist bias of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and drew much attention to the New York School. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s Ernst exhibited in the Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Inc., New York, and in various other galleries across in the United States and abroad. Ernst married Edith Dallas Bauman in 1947. They had two children, Amy Louise (1953) and Eric Max (1956). In 1969 Ernst moved to East Hampton, New York where he lived off and on for the rest of his life. In 1982 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate by Southampton College of Long Island University. Shortly before his death, in 1983, Ernst was elected to the American Academy and the Institute of Arts and Letters, both in New York. Ernst died suddenly of a stroke on February 6, 1984, in New York. His works are owned by numerous world-class public collections, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Artist: Jimmy Ernst

Jimmy ErnstModern art painted disc by Jimmy Ernst, 1968

$5,500

Modern art painted disc by Jimmy Ernst

By Jimmy Ernst

Located in Colfax, CA

Painted mixed media by Jimmy Ernst. Jimmy Ernst, (1920-1984), was born in Cologne, Germany, the son of famous German Surrealist Max Ernst, and Luise Straus-Ernst, a well-known art hi...

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1960s Abstract Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Metal

Leonardo NiermanPajaro de Fuego, Colorful Abstract Painting by Leonardo Nierman, 1980

$5,600

H 38.5 in W 30.5 in D 1 in

Pajaro de Fuego, Colorful Abstract Painting by Leonardo Nierman

By Leonardo Nierman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Original oil painting on masonite by noted Mexican abstract artist Leonardo Nierman (1932 - ), signed lower right. In its original gilt wood frame measuring 38.5 x 30.5 inches. Ar...

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1980s Abstract Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Oil, Masonite

Warren A. WolfAn Abstract Geometric "Men of Matthew", 1959

$750

H 26.75 in W 33.75 in D 1.25 in

An Abstract Geometric "Men of Matthew"

Located in San Francisco, CA

It’s time to bury the so-last-century idea that folks are either "right-brained,” i.e., naturally creative, or (boringly) "left-brained," always operating logically. And here’s just ...

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1950s Abstract Geometric Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

Lee ChesneyA Large, Dynamic Abstract Expressionist Painting by Lee R. Chesney, circa 1960

$9,500

H 67 in W 49 in D 1.5 in

A Large, Dynamic Abstract Expressionist Painting by Lee R. Chesney

Located in Chicago, IL

This painting makes a bold statement! A large, dynamic and colorful Abstract Expressionist painting by notable Post-War artist, Lee R. Chesney (Am. 1920-2016). Executed in a palett...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

Clifford Mitchell Jr."Receding Flood, 1959" African American Abstract Expressionist Oil Connecticut, 1959

$16,500

H 30.25 in W 55.25 in D 2 in

"Receding Flood, 1959" African American Abstract Expressionist Oil Connecticut

Located in Yardley, PA

An exceptional, early work by important Connecticut-based artist Clifford Mitchell, Jr. (1925-2005). This fantastic abstract expressionist compositi...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

Jocelyn AudetteAmerica Rising - Patriotic 9/11 Figurative Abstract, 2001

$850

H 26 in W 22 in D 1.5 in

America Rising - Patriotic 9/11 Figurative Abstract

By Jocelyn Audette

Located in Soquel, CA

Vivid and evocative abstracted painting of 9/11 by artist Jocelyn Audette (American, b. 1952), circa 2001. Impasto adds texture and interest. Label on verso with artist's name. Pres...

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Oil, Masonite

Jocelyn Auld"Two Figures with Doorway" Original Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Signed, 2026

$750

H 11 in W 14 in D 0.63 in

"Two Figures with Doorway" Original Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Signed

Located in Soquel, CA

"Two Figures with Doorway" Original Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Signed Vibrant oil painting by Jocelyn Auld (American, b. 1999.) Two abstracted figures stand to the left of ...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Wood, Masonite, Oil

Sylvia Rutkoff"The Cowboy" Oil Impasto Painting, Mid Century, Signed, 42x36 Inches, 1960s

$6,000

H 36 in W 42 in D 1 in

"The Cowboy" Oil Impasto Painting, Mid Century, Signed, 42x36 Inches

By Sylvia Rutkoff

Located in Arp, TX

Sylvia Rutkoff (1919–2011) "The Cowboy" c. 1950s · Oil, gesso, on masonite · Period wood frame About this work Few paintings in the Rutkoff estate cache reveal her range as ...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

Abstract Earth Tone Textured Square Landscape, 1984

$850

H 24 in W 24 in D 2 in

Abstract Earth Tone Textured Square Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

A textural, earth tone abstract landscape evocative of rolling hillsides in brown and white neutrals by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Unframed. Image, 24"H x...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Fabric, Masonite, Oil

Carl HoltyBold German American Abstract Expressionist Color Field Oil Painting Carl Holty

$6,500

H 17 in W 14 in

Bold German American Abstract Expressionist Color Field Oil Painting Carl Holty

By Carl Holty

Located in Surfside, FL

Carl Robert Holty (American 1900-1973) Abstract Expressionism Oil on Masonite board. Abstract with greens blues and red, Dimensions 12 x 9-1/2 inches. Framed 17 X 14 inches Hand...

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

Harold HaydonAn Abstract, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Sporting Themed Oil, Water Polo - Swimmers, 1951

$850

H 7.25 in W 9.25 in D 2.5 in

An Abstract, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Sporting Themed Oil, Water Polo - Swimmers

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Vibrant, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sporting-Themed Oil Painting of Swimming Water Polo Players by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Oil on ...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Oil, Masonite

Morris GluckmanUntitled Expressionist Style Figurative Abstract On Masonite, 1940's

$1,800

H 16.25 in W 10.5 in D 0.05 in

Untitled Expressionist Style Figurative Abstract On Masonite

By Morris Gluckman

Located in Houston, TX

Early Morris Gluckman abstract painting of a black shadow figure holding a pink item. Artist Biography: Morris Gluckman was born in 1894 in Kiev, Russia. He was an active artist in...

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1950s Abstract Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

Linda Holt"7 Koi" Expressionist Brightly Colored Koi Underwater in Red/Yellow/Blue/Green, 2015

$2,600

H 12 in W 16 in D 2 in

"7 Koi" Expressionist Brightly Colored Koi Underwater in Red/Yellow/Blue/Green

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

"7 Koi" is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on abstraction. Fish are in shades of ...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Oil, Masonite

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