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Jimmy Ernst. Hans-Ulrich Ernst (June 24, 1920 – February 6, 1984), known as Jimmy Ernst, was an American painter born in Germany. Early life. Jimmy Ernst was born in 1920 in Cologne, Germany, the son of German Surrealist painter Max Ernst and Luise Straus-Ernst, a well-known art historian and journalist.
Biography. The son of Surrealist Max Ernst, Jimmy Ernst attended several European craft schools and served an apprenticeship in printing and typography before immigrating to the United States in 1938. He worked in advertising agencies and art galleries for several years, and not until age twenty did he decide to become a painter.
- June 25, 1920
- February 7, 1984
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- American/German
Jimmy Ernst's Biography. Jimmy Ernst, Abstract-Surrealist Painter and second-generation member of the New York School of Abstraction, arrived in New York in 1938 on the S.S. Manhattan. He was the only son of Surrealist, Max Ernst and Journalist, Louise Straus-Ernst; who perished in Auschwitz in 1944. His book, “ A Not So-Still Life”.
View all 47 artworks. Jimmy Ernst lived in the XX cent., a remarkable figure of American-German Abstract Expressionism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- American, German
- June 24, 1920
- Cologne, Germany
- February 6, 1984
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Jimmy Ernst (American/German, 1920–1984), born Hans Ulrich Ernst in Cologne, Germany, was the son of Surrealist Max Ernst and a prominent figure in the New York avant-garde in the mid-20th century. He studied printing and typography before immigrating to the United States in 1938 to escape the Nazis. He began working at The Museum of Modern ...
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