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

Leslie Luverne AndersonMid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting-- "An Oblation to Shells", 1968

$2,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 32 in W 48 in D 1 in

Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting-- "An Oblation to Shells"

By Leslie Luverne Anderson

Located in Soquel, CA

A dymanic mid century abstract expressionist painiting with geometric shapes in cool tones and two figures by Leslie Luverne Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Oil on masonite. Titled "...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist 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

William S. SchwartzTransendental Abstraction by William Schwartz Titled Impressions of the West #7, circa 1945

$1,600

H 16.5 in W 16.5 in D 1 in

Transendental Abstraction by William Schwartz Titled Impressions of the West #7

By William S. Schwartz

Located in Chicago, IL

A Transendental Abstract Mountain Landscape Painting by Famed Chicago Modern Artist, William S. Schwartz- "Impressions of the West #7". Anecdotally, Schwartz's notable "Impressions ...

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1940s Abstract Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Harold HaydonA Lively, Abstract 1950s Mid-Century Modern Sporting Themed Painting, "Swimmers", 1950

$850

H 8 in W 10 in D 1.75 in

A Lively, Abstract 1950s Mid-Century Modern Sporting Themed Painting, "Swimmers"

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Lively 1950s Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Sporting- Themed Abstract Painting, "Swimmers", by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Oil on Masonite, dating from 1...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract 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

"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

Russian School Abstract Composition, 1988, 1988

$650Sale Price|23% Off

H 11.25 in W 15.5 in D 1.5 in

Russian School Abstract Composition, 1988

Located in Astoria, NY

Russian School, Abstract Composition, Oil on Masonite, 1988, illegibly signed in Russian and dated lower right, inscribed in pencil to verso, painted frame. Overall: 11.25" H x 15.5"...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Masonite, Oil, Wood

Ellis HopkinsColorful Modernist Still Life with Impasto Flowers Style of Emily Sillman, late 20th Century

$3,150

H 36.07 in W 30 in D 0.13 in

Colorful Modernist Still Life with Impasto Flowers Style of Emily Sillman

Located in Soquel, CA

Colorful Modernist Still Life with Impasto Flowers by Ellis Hopkins (American, b. 1952). This bold still life features an array of flowers as its central focus. The painting is ren...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Oil, Board, Masonite

Mark Barker 'Masses' by Marc Barker, Oil on Panel Painting, 2008

$3,750

H 40 in W 40 in D 2 in

'Masses' by Marc Barker, Oil on Panel Painting

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This 40" x 40" oil on masonite panel by artist Marc Barker was painted in charcoal and sepia tones, and was created in an 'old world' grisaille style. "This monochromatic abstract harkens back to my collegiate studies, and as a graduate student teaching zoology with the hours spent staring into a microscope mystified by the primordial world just out of site, a bacterial/protozoan cloud chamber...

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Early 2000s Abstract Jimmy Ernst Mixed Media

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Oil, Masonite

Daniel David FuentesFemale Nude in the Shadows - Figurative Abstract, 1990

$1,240Sale Price|20% Off

H 40 in W 30 in D 1 in

Female Nude in the Shadows - Figurative Abstract

By Daniel David Fuentes

Located in Soquel, CA

Dynamic figurative abstract by San Jose, California area artist Daniel David Fuentes (American, 1978-2016). From a collection of his works. Unsigned. Unframed. Image, 40"H x 30"L. S...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist 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

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

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