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Ernest Trova

American, 1927–2009

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Ernest Tino Trova was a self-trained American surrealist and pop art painter and sculptor. Best known for his signature image and figure series, The Falling Man, Trova considered his entire output a single "work in progress." Trova used classic American comic character toys in some of his pieces because he admired their surrealism. Many of Trova's sculptures are cast in unusual white bronze. He began as a painter, progressing through three-dimensional constructions to his mature medium, sculpture. Trova's gift of forty of his works led to the opening of St. Louis County, Missouri's Laumeier Sculpture Park.

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Works in Collection

5 works
Ernest Trova, Recent Sculpture, January 1967, Pace Gallery, New York

Ernest Trova, Recent Sculpture, January 1967, Pace Galler...

Ernest Trova

1967

Four Figures on an Orange Square from Falling Man Series

Four Figures on an Orange Square from Falling Man Series

Ernest Trova

1965

Picasso from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

Picasso from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

Ernest Trova

1975

Untitled from Study/Falling Man Series, Volume I

Untitled from Study/Falling Man Series, Volume I

Ernest Trova

1967

Untitled from Study/Falling Man Series, Volume I

Untitled from Study/Falling Man Series, Volume I

Ernest Trova

1967

Exhibitions

12 exhibitions

Nov 20, 1962 – Jan 13, 1963

Recent Acquisitions

77 artists

Feb 16, 1965 – Apr 25, 1965

Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

87 artists

Dec 09, 1965 – Mar 21, 1966

Around the Automobile

21 artists

Nov 01, 1966 – Nov 09, 1966

Americans Today: 25 Painters as Printmakers

19 artists · 1 curator

Jun 28, 1967 – Sep 24, 1967

The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

107 artists · 2 curators

Jan 25, 1968 – Mar 10, 1968

Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

197 artists · 1 curator

Mar 27, 1968 – Jun 09, 1968

Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage

94 artists · 1 curator

May 28, 1969 – Sep 01, 1969

Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

119 artists · 1 curator

Jul 01, 1971 – Sep 27, 1971

The Artist as Adversary

140 artists · 1 curator

Dec 06, 1974 – Feb 28, 1975

Posters in the Penthouse

29 artists · 1 curator

May 21, 1975 – Sep 01, 1975

Prints by Sculptors

43 artists · 1 curator

Sep 11, 1975 – Dec 01, 1975

76 Jefferson

37 artists