biography of Jimmy ERNST (1920-1984)

Birth place: Brühl, Cologne, Germany

Death place: NYC

Addresses: New Canaan, CT

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Altona Arts & Crafts School, 1938.

Exhibited: WMAA, 1949-73; PAFA, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1965; AIC, 1954 (Norman W. Harris Award); Corcoran Gal., 1959-65; Bielefeld Mus., Germany, 1964; Berlin, 1965; Grand Rapids Mus. Art, 1968 (solo); Borgenicht Gal., NYC, 1970s. Awards: creative arts award, Brandeis Univ., 1957; Guggenheim grant, 1961.

Work: MMA; WMAA; MoMA; Guggenheim Mus.; PAFA; Brooklyn Mus; Wadsworth Atheneum; AIC; Hirshhorn Mus., Wash., DC; Albright-Knox Gal., Buffalo, NY; Dallas MFA. Commissions: sculpture, NBC Producer's Showcase, 1954; paintings, Abbott Labs, 1955; Fortune Magazine, 1955, 1961; murals: USS Adams, 1956; Continental Bank, Lincoln, NE, 1958-59.

Comments: An organic Surrealist, he was the son of Max Ernst. Teaching: Brooklyn College, 1951-70s; Univ. Colorado, 1954, 1956; Houston MFA, 1956; lecturer, U.S. Info Service in USSR & Germany, 1961, 1963.

Sources: WW73; Wechsler, 23