Discover painter, watercolorist, draftsperson Emil Nolde

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: Hansen, Emil
Hansen, Hans Emil

Qualifications: painter, watercolorist, draftsperson, lithographer, sculptor

Nationality/school: German

Born: Nolde (Schleswig-Holstein) 1867-08-07

Deceased: Seebüll 1956-04-03

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1 hit in RKDimages as artist
99 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
6 hits in RKDlibrary as author
1 hit in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Biographical information

Education: Kunstgewerbeschule (Karlsruhe)

ca. 1888-1891 (Merkel 2002, p. 26)
Académie Julian (Parijs)

(Cat.tent. 2008-2009)

Active in

Flensburg 1884 - 1902
followed from 1884-1888 sculpture lessons to the training of Heinrich Sauermann; after obtaining his diploma he first worked in Munich, further in Karlsruhe and in Berlin (Cat.tent 2008-2009); stay in the autumn of 1902 (Merkel 2002, page 26)
München 1888 - 1891
worked in furniture factories in Munich and Karlsruhe (Merkel 2002, page 26)
Karlsruhe (stad) 1888 - 1891
followed a training course in applied art (Cat.tent 2008-2009); worked in a furniture factory in the period 1888-1891 and studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (Merkel 2002, page 26).
Berlijn (stad) 1889 - 1921
Nolde stayed for a shorter or longer period in Berlin between 1889 and 1921; also worked here in a furniture factory (Merkel 2002, page 26)
Sankt Gallen (plaats, Zwitserland) 1892 - 1898
taught industrial drawing at the Industrie- und Gewerbemuseum (Merkel 2002, page 26)
Alpen (gebergte) 1892 - 1898
climbed the Matterhorn in 1896; in this period, landscape quarries and portraits of farmers from the mountains were created; makes his first oil painting 'Bergriesen' in 1896 (Merkel 2002, page 26)
Parijs 1899 - 1921
followed lessons at Académie Julian; visited the Louvre (Cat.tent, 2008-2009, page 26); traveled in 1921 via Paris to England (Merkel 2002, p 29)
Dachau 1899
nam les bij Adolph Hölzel (Merkel 2002, p. 26)
Kopenhagen 1900 - 1902
painted here among other cityscapes; changed his name Hans Emil Hansen to Emil Nolde (Merkel 2002, page 26)
Jylland (schiereiland) 1901 - 1902
Merkel 2002, p. 27
Als (eiland) 1903 - 1916
bought a house near Guderup that remained in his possession until 1916 (Merkel 2002, page 27)
Italië 1904 - 1905
Hamburg (stad) 1906
met Gustav Schiefler (Merkel 2002, page 27)
Moskou 1913
Siberië 1913
Korea (hist.) 1913
Japan 1913
China 1913
Nieuw-Guinea (eiland) 1913 - 1914
Groot-Brittannië 1921 - 1926
Spanje 1921 - 1926
Zwitserland 1924
Bern (stad) 1941
visited Paul Klee (Merkel 2002, p 29)
Seebüll 1956
died on April 13; his house Haus Seebüll was opened in 1957 as a Nolde museum (Merkel 2002, page 30)

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Fehr, Friedrich
Hoelzel, Adolf
after he was rejected by Franz von Stuck at the Akademie in Munich, Nolde took lessons with Fehr (Merkel 2002, page 26)
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Berg, Werner
Calmés, Hans Peter

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: flower piece, genre, coastal view, landscape (genre), nude figure, animal painting (genre), portrait, Christian religious scene, still life

Medium/technique: wood (plant material)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 99 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
6 hits in RKDlibrary as author

Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 25 (1931), p. 503 (as: Nolde, Emil)
Vollmer 1953-1962 , vol. 3 (1956), p. 489 (as: Nolde, Emil)
Vollmer 1953-1962 , vol. 6 (1962), p. 308 (as: Nolde, Emil)
Bénézit 1976 , vol. 7, p 743-745
Busse 1977 , p. 909
Opitz 1990 , p. 245-251
Witt Checklist 1995 , p. 376 (as: Nolde or Hansen, Emile)
Stückelberger 1996 , p. 197-231
Reitsma 2001 , p. 142-149
Arnhold et al. 2008 , passim
Saur 1992- , AKLONLINE (juni 2012) (as: Nolde, Emil)

J. van Adrichem, De ontvangst van de moderne kunst in Nederland 1910-2000. Picasso als pars pro toto, Amsterdam 2001, p. 273 en passim
D.M. Choberka, 'Expressionism in a Discursive Bind: The Bridge, the Blue Rider, and the Cultural Politics of Modernity', The University of Michigan Museums of Art and Archaeolgy Bulletin, 14 (2001-2003), p. 5-33
Merkel 2002
U. Lengwiler, ' "Meine Kunst ist deutsch, stark, herb und innig" - Emil Nolde als Vertreter der deutschen Avantgarde im "Dritten Reich" ', in: Georges-Bloch-Jahrbuch des Kunsthistorischen Instituts der Universität Zürich, Bd. 9/10, (2002-2003), p. 334-343
H. Delfs [ed.], Kirchner, Schmidt-Rottluff, Nolde, Nay... Briefe an den Sammler und Mäzen Carl Hagemann, Ostfildern-Ruit 2004
E. Roem, 'Emil Nolde (1867-1956). Ungemalte Bilder - Aquarellen 1938-1945 uit de collectie van de Nolde-Stiftung', Kunst & Antiek Revue, jrg. 20, 1 (2004), september-oktober, p. 33
W.B. Sieger, 'Emil Nolde's ''Legend: St. Mary of Egypt'': ''vita activa''/ '' vita contemplativa '', Burlington Magazine 147 (2005), februari, p. 100-107
Chr. Saehrendt, 'Zankapfel im Kalten Krieg. Die Brücke als politisches Streitobjekt', Museums Journal 4/19 (2005), oktober, p. 8-10
Chr. Remm, 'Brücke. Die Geburt des deutschen Expressionismus', Museums Journal 4/19 (oktober 2005), p. 34-38
Emil Nolde, Mein Leben, Keulen 2008
Cat.tent. Emil Nolde 1867-1956, Parijs (Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais) 2008-2009

Anna Kästner, dissertatie in voorbereiding, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität , Frankfurt am Main (bron: Kunstchronik 2005/8, p. 419)
auction Berlin, Grisebach, 1 December 2006

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Project: Gerson Digital : Germany (Nachwirkung)
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External links: http://www.nolde-stiftung.de/
http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/NoldeEmil/index.html

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Creation date: 1992-02-02; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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