Ernest Trova
1927 – 2009
Introduction
Ernest Tino Trova (February 19, 1927 – March 8, 2009) 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.
Wikidata identifier
Q828350
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Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, painter, sculptor
ULAN identifier
500000734
Names
Ernest Trova, Ernest T. Trova, Ernest Tino Trova, Ernest (Ernest Tino Trova) Trova, Jr. Ernest Tino Trova
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed May 23, 2025.
