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

A Summer's Sunset, 1975

$875

H 37 in W 25 in D 1.5 in

A Summer's Sunset

Located in San Francisco, CA

In this abstract landscape, artist Geneva Cross conveys the mood of a dreamlike summer evening that might be remembered by any of us in its universality. Blending the basic elements ...

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1970s Abstract Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

Earl HillGas Station Attendant (African American artist), 1966

$3,000

H 18 in W 15 in

Gas Station Attendant (African American artist)

By Earl Hill

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Earl Hill (1927-1985). Gas Station Attendant, 1966. Oil on masonite panel, 10.5 x 13.5 inches, 15 x 18 inches framed. Signed and dated lower right. Inscribed...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

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

Ben WilsonOzymandias (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting by renowned painter), 1989

$15,000

H 36 in W 48 in D 0.3 in

Ozymandias (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting by renowned painter)

By Ben Wilson

Located in New York, NY

Ben Wilson Ozymandias, 1989 Oil on masonite board Boldly signed by Ben Wilson on the back 36 × 48 inches Unframed Provenance: acquired from the Estate of Ben Wilson This work is titled "Ozymandias" after the famous sonnet written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). Shelley's poem is one of the most poignant meditations on the fleeting nature of human power and the inevitability of decline. The poem serves as a reminder that time erodes even the most imposing empires and leaders and that the pursuit of lasting fame and control is ultimately futile. Depending on how one views Ben Wilson's Abstract Expressionist painting of "Ozymandias" -- some of the imagery might reveal the head of an angry king and a sickle. Shelley's poem Ozymandias reads: I met a traveler from an antique land...

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1980s 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

Leonardo NiermanUn Fuego Magico, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Leonardo Nierman, 1965

$5,600

H 28 in W 36 in

Un Fuego Magico, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Leonardo Nierman

By Leonardo Nierman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Leonardo Nierman Title: Un Fuego Magico (Variation) Year: 1965 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed and dated l.r. Size: 24 x 31.5 inches Frame: 28 x 36 inches

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1960s Abstract Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Oil, Masonite

Leonardo NiermanSystema Solar, Large Abstract Painting by Leonardo Nierman, 1960

$9,500

H 34 in W 52 in

Systema Solar, Large Abstract Painting by Leonardo Nierman

By Leonardo Nierman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Large early oil painting by noted Mexican abstract artist Leonardo Nierman (1932 - ), signed lower right. Systema Solar Leonardo Nierman, Me...

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1980s Abstract Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Impasto Painting of Nighttime San Francisco, Circa 1968-1979

$925

H 32 in W 25.75 in D 2.25 in

Abstract Expressionist Impasto Painting of Nighttime San Francisco

Located in San Francisco, CA

On offer is a heavily stylized, kinetic street scene of San Francisco. It features an iconic vintage streetcar/cable car negotiating a steep hill, flanked by towering, distorted arch...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

Ben WilsonBen Wilson - Byzantium, original signed Abstract Expressionist painting Framed, 1975

$15,000

H 19.5 in W 16.5 in D 1.5 in

Ben Wilson - Byzantium, original signed Abstract Expressionist painting Framed

By Ben Wilson

Located in New York, NY

Ben Wilson Byzantium, 1975 Oil on Masonite painting Hand signed reverse, Titled, "Byzantium", dated 1975 by the artist and also with estate stamp - in addition to Ben Wilson's hand s...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

"Stairway to Nirvana", 20th Century

$1,450

H 24 in W 48 in D 1 in

"Stairway to Nirvana"

Located in Astoria, NY

20th Century School, "Stairway to Nirvana", Oil on Masonite, unsigned, titled verso, unframed. 24" H x 48" W x 1" D. Provenance: From the Collection of Laura and Lewis Kruger.

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

Large Geometric Abstract Oil Painting on Masonite

$2,800

H 49.5 in W 37.5 in D 3 in

Large Geometric Abstract Oil Painting on Masonite

Located in San Francisco, CA

Large Geometric Abstract Oil Painting on Masonite No visible signature 36 x 48 unframed, 37.5 x 49.5 framed

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil

Warren WolfZebuwl 2, Abstract Oil on Masonite by Warren Wolf, 1990

$3,500

H 31 in W 34 in D 3 in

Zebuwl 2, Abstract Oil on Masonite by Warren Wolf

By Warren Wolf

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Warren Wolf, American (1924 - 2003) Title: Zebuwl 2 Year: 1990 Medium: Oil and Marble Dust on Shaped Masonite, signed, titled and dated verso Size: 34 in. x 31 in. (86.36 cm...

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1990s Abstract Geometric Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Marble

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