Emil Nolde

German artist (1867-1956) · Germany · Artists · Died at 88

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A painter who pushed oil and watercolor into raw, color-drunk territory - golden yellows, deep reds, brooding storms - and remained a Nazi Party member even as the regime labeled his own work degenerate.

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A life in dates

1956Died13 April 19561952Culture and Science Award of the City of KielAward1906“I want so much for my work to grow forth out of the material, just as in nature the plants grow forth out of the earth, which corresponds to their character.”In their wordsin a letter to his friend , 1906, in 'Gustav Schiefler and Christel Mosel', Emil Nolde: Das graphische Werk, vol. 2.; M. DuMont Schauberg,Read the whole statement

1905“Every true artist creates new values, new beauty..”In their wordsQuote of Nolde's letter to , 1905; published in 'Aus Leben und Werkstatt Emil Noldes', 'Das Kunstblatt' no. 7 (1919), p. 208; as cited inRead the whole statement

1903“a written note of Nolde, 1903, on the island of Alsen; as quoted by , in Expressionism; Praeger Publishers, New York, 1973, p. 77”In their words1900 - 1920Read the whole statement

1902“It [the city Berlin] stinks of perfume, they have water on their brains and they live as food for bacilli and shamelessly like dogs.”In their wordsin a letter to Nolde's friend, 1902; as quoted in Expressionism, a German intuition, 1905-1920, Neugroschel, Joachim; Vogt, Paul; Keller,Read the whole statement

1900“I had innumerable visions at that time [c.”In their words1900 - 1920Read the whole statement

“Therefore etching produces a different result from the ten drawings of the same character.. .[The etchings are] better, in that they are fresher, bolder, and freer..”In their words1900 - 1920Read the whole statement

1867Born7 August 1867

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WP Emil Nolde

Ada and Emil Nolde (1902)

Ada and Emil Nolde - Wedding Photo 1902

Ausstellung entartete kunst 1937

Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F062676-0006, Bonn, Bundeskanzleramt, Nolde-Gemälde

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H02648, München, Goebbels im Haus der Deutschen Kunst

Die Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. 1 1917 (143731423)

In their own words 10

Emil Nolde

10 statements, newest first

It was in mid-summer [1906]. The colors of the flowers attracted me irresistibly and almost sudden I was painting. My first small gardens paintings were born.
1906, Quote of Nolde, 1906 in Jahre der Kämpfe (The years of struggles); as cited by Francesco Mazzaferro in 'The Diaries of Paul Klee' - Part, Own words
I want so much for my work to grow forth out of the material, just as in nature the plants grow forth out of the earth, which corresponds to their character.
1906, in a letter to his friend , 1906, in 'Gustav Schiefler and Christel Mosel', Emil Nolde: Das graphische Werk, vol. 2.; M. DuMont Schauberg,, Own words
You speak of errors.. .Men who are so correct and flawless are mostly boring; small weaknesses can be loved..
Nov 22, 1905, in two letters, to , 23 October and 22 November, 1905; as quoted by Hans Fehr, in: 'Aus Leben und Werkstatt', 'Das Kunstblatt' no. 7, Own words

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Awards

Culture and Science Award of the City of Kiel1952

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

Honorary Doctor of the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel

In their orbit

Spouse: Ada Vilstrup

About this person

Born Hans Emil Hansen in 1867, he became Emil Nolde and joined the early Expressionist circle Die Brücke, exploring color with a fervor few oil and watercolor painters of the early 20th century matched. His brushwork was unrestrained, his palette luminous: golden yellows and deep reds gave weight to somber tones, while his watercolors swung between vivid florals and dark storm-scapes, the flower obsession tracing back to an intense preoccupation with van Gogh. In 1937 the Nazi regime he supported - he was a Party member with documented racist and antisemitic views - included his art in the Entartete Kunst exhibition, branding the work he made degenerate. He died in 1956, the paintings and the contradiction intact.

Country

Germany

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