Jimmy Ernst
Abstraction in Green and Black
Drum Improvisation
Jimmy Ernst
Drum ImprovisationOil on canvas, 42 x 33 inches, 1948
Exhibited:
Jimmy Ernst: Transcending the Surreal, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, September 14-November 10, 2002; The Butler Institute of American Art, Salem, OH, September 20-October 25, 2003; Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University Art Gallery, Malibu, CA, January 10-April 4, 2004.
Literature:
Phyllis Braff. Jimmy Ernst: Transcending the Surreal. Springfield, MO: Springfield Art Museum, 2002.
Move On Up a Little Higher
Science Fiction
Jimmy Ernst
Science FictionOil on canvas, 48 ½ x 50 inches, 1948
Exhibited:
Jimmy Ernst: The Sea of Grass Series and Beyond,
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, September 13-November 8, 1998.Literature:
Jennifer, Hardin. Jimmy Ernst: The Sea of Grass Series and Beyond.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida: Museum of Fine Arts, 1998.
The Elements
Jimmy Ernst
The ElementsOil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, 1942
Exhibited:
Jimmy Ernst: Shadow to Light, Paintings 1942-1982, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, October 5-November 9, 1997. Jimmy Ernst: I Am an American Painter, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany, October 12-December 19, 1999. Les Surréalistes en Exil et Les Debuts de l'Ecole de New York, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, May 12-August 27, 2000. Jimmy Ernst: Transcending the Surreal, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, September 14-November 10, 2002; The Butler Institute of American Art, Salem, OH, September 20-October 25, 2003; Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University Art Gallery, Malibu, CA, January 10-April 4, 2004.
Literature:
Jimmy Ernst: Shadow to Light, Paintings 1942-1982. Wilkes-Barre: Sordoni Art Gallery, 1997. Jimmy Ernst: I Am an American Painter. Hannover: Sprengel Museum, 1999. Josefina Alix and Martica Sawin. Les Surréalistes en Exil et Les Debuts de l'Ecole de New York. Strasbourg: Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, 2000. Donald Kuspit. Jimmy Ernst. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2000. Phyllis Braff. Jimmy Ernst: Transcending the Surreal. Springfield, MO: Springfield Art Museum, 2002.
The Window
