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Jimmy Ernst

Jimmy Ernst (1920 - 1984) was active/lived in New York / Germany.  Jimmy Ernst is known for Abstract expression and surrealist painting.

Jimmy Ernst decided early in life not to become  an artist, for fear of being in the shadow of his father, Max Ernst.  Suddenly, at the age of twenty, he felt  the urge to paint, but not in the surrealist style of his father.  He was brought up by his mother, Louise Straus, in  Cologne, after his parents were divorced.  His ethical grounding was instilled by his mother, who was Jewish and a journalist and led him to understand that his father's emotional cruelty did not amount to much in light of the Nazi's actual threats.  

He studied at Cologne-Lindenthal Real-Gymnasium and  the Altona Arts and Crafts School where he completed a three year apprenticeship in printing and  typography.  In 1928 he went to Colorado with anthropologist Gladys Reichard and worked with  Navajo Indians.  In 1938 he emigrated to the United States to escape the Hitler regime; he left Germany just a week before Kristallnacht.  His mot   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6958 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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