Emil Nolde is one of the most renowned Modernists. Admired for his highly influential Expressionist style, this farmer’s son born Emil Hansen in the village of Nolde in 1867 (he changed his name in 1902), had an extraordinary talent in handling colour, favouring a thick, gestural impasto. Throughout his oeuvre, the artist explored numerous Expressionist themes inspired by urban nightlife, but also diversified into Biblical scenes, dramatic ocean views and colourful flower gardens, as well as phantasmagorical subjects. As a student in1884, Nolde trained as a wood sculptor and draughtsman in Flensburg before moving to Munich in 1897 where he attended private painting schools. Forays to Paris, where he studied Old Masters and became acquainted with Impressionism quickly, led Nolde to become known as a master of colour. In 1906, he was invited to join the progressive art group Die Brücke (‘The Bridge’) by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, who introduced him to woodcut techniques, while in turn, Nolde introduced the group to etchings. Nolde tended to use many different types of media besides painting, including watercolours, drawing, and prints, to address subjects spanning flower paintings to coastal landscapes. A naturally independent personality, he left Die Brücke after only one year and was expelled from the Berliner Secession in 1910, after criticising Max Liebermann for his rejection of Expressionist paintings. In 1913, he departed for the South Pacific islands, accompanying an anthropological expedition, to conduct studies in New Guinea. During the journey across Russia, Siberia, and Manchuria he made numerous notes and paintings. In the 1930s, Nolde became a sympathizer of the Nazi regime, despite the fact that his art was represented prominently in the infamous Nazi exhibition ‘Degenerate Art’. Between 1938 and 1945, Nolde secretly continued to paint his ‘Unpainted Pictures’. After the war, Nolde was awarded numerous prizes and honours. In 1950, the artist was awarded the Graphics Prize, at the 25th Venice Biennale. The first documenta event, in 1955 conceived as a counterpoint to the Nazis’ Entartete Kunst (‘Degenerate Art’) exhibition contributed substantially to the myth of Nolde as a defamed artist. Nowadays, Nolde’s work is to be found in prominent international private and museum collections worldwide.

Emil Nolde

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Property from a Distinguished European Collection Emil Nolde 1867 - 1956 Frauenkopf (Halbprofil, geneigt nach links) (Head of a Woman (Semi-Profile, Tilted to the Left)) signed Nolde. (lower center left) watercolor, brush and ink and gouache on paper 8 ¼ by 7 ½ in. 20.3 by 19.1 cm. Executed circa 1910. The Scholarly Advisory Board of Stiftung Seebüll Ada und Emil Nolde has confirmed the inclusion of the work in a future catalogue raisonné of the watercolors and drawings by Emil Nolde (1867–1956), Fr.A.1761.

View 1 of Lot 266: Frauenkopf (Halbprofil, geneigt nach links) (Head of a Woman (Semi-Profile, Tilted to the Left))

frauenkopf (halbprofil, geneigt nach links) (head of a woman (semi-profile, tilted to the left))

Hamburg, Mild Atmosphere [Hamburg, Milde Stimmung], by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=emil+nolde&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emil Nolde</a>, 1910.<ul><li>Emil Nolde (German, 1867-1956).</li><li>Drypoint on thin Van Gelder Zonen laid paper.</li><li>Hand signed.</li><li>Part of an edition of 20.</li><li>Printed by Genthe, Hamburg, and by Carl Sabo, Berlin.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This work is also known as Hamburg. Hafenstimmung, [Hamburg. Harbor Atmosphere].&nbsp;It is one of at least 18 impressions printed on Van Gelder Zonen paper, from a total of 20 impressions in the first and second states. There were two impressions of the first state. The edition was never published.

Hamburg, Mild Atmosphere | Hamburg, Milde Stimmung

Conversation [Unterhaltung], by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Emil+Nolde&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emil Nolde</a>, 1906.<ul><li>Emil Nolde (German, 1867-1956).</li><li>Etching in color on Van Gelder laid paper.</li><li>Hand signed, numbered, and dated.</li><li>Part of an edition of 20, this being 3.</li><li>Printed by Otto Felsing, Berlin.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This etching in blue ink is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Emil Nolde 06" at the lower right margin.&nbsp;It is also titled Unterhaltung [Conversation], by the artist’s wife Ada Nolde, in the lower margin.&nbsp;It is additionally hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 20, at the lower left margin. The work is further signed and inscribed by the printer “O. Felsing Berlin gdr.” [Otto Felsing, Berlin Printed], along the lower left platemark. The paper bears the Van Gelder Zonen watermark in the upper right margin.

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