The early Nay and the late Nay – Museum Wiesbaden

Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902-1968) is one of the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century. His painting is figurative and abstract. Nay’s series of works are versatile, profound and rich in colour: they tell of his engagement with the elemental forces of nature, rhythmic music, antiquity and religion or the natural sciences. The Museum Wiesbaden, which strongly supported Nay after the Second World War, will present the artist in a solo exhibition for the first time in the museum’s history from 16 September 2022 to 5 February 2023.

Image caption: Ernst Wilhelm Nay, People in the Lofoten Islands, 1938, Museum Wiesbaden, acquired 1958 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022