Emil Nolde

Emil Nolde (1867–1956) was a German-Danish Expressionist painter and printmaker known for vivid colors, religious subjects, and landscapes. His career was later shaped by Nazi persecution and his complicated relationship with the regime.

The Last Supper (Nolde): A 1909 painting by Emil Nolde that depicts Christ and the disciples in compressed, intensely colored forms. Its distorted figures and devotional subject exemplify Nolde’s early religious Expressionism.
Nolde: A village in North Schleswig, then part of Prussia, where Emil Nolde was born. Nolde adopted the village’s name as his artistic surname.
Ada Nolde: Emil Nolde’s wife and a close companion throughout much of his artistic life. Ada supported his career and helped preserve his personal and artistic legacy.
Degenerate art: Art condemned by the Nazi regime as incompatible with its racial and ideological standards. The regime confiscated and publicly denounced many works by Nolde.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: A German Expressionist painter and printmaker who co-founded Die Brücke. Kirchner’s angular city scenes contrast with Nolde’s emphasis on religious subjects and northern landscapes.
The Prophet (Nolde): A 1912 woodcut by Emil Nolde depicting a stark, masklike face with forceful black lines. This print displays the expressive line and spiritual intensity that made Nolde’s graphic work distinctive.
Schleswig-Holstein: A northern German state bordering Denmark and the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Its borderland culture and landscapes shaped Nolde’s sense of regional identity.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: A German Expressionist painter and printmaker who co-founded Die Brücke. Schmidt-Rottluff was among the artists who welcomed Nolde into the group.
Degenerate Art exhibition: A 1937 Nazi exhibition in Munich that presented modern art as cultural corruption. Nolde’s work appeared in the exhibition, making the state’s rejection of him highly visible.
Wassily Kandinsky: A Russian-born painter and art theorist who helped develop abstract art. Kandinsky and Nolde pursued spiritual expression through sharply different approaches to recognizable imagery.

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