Emil Nolde - Abendwolken am Meer, 1946

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EMIL NOLDE
Abendwolken am Meer, 1946.

Aquarell 

Object description
Evening clouds on the sea . 1946.
Watercolor and Indian ink.
Signed lower left. Handwritten title on old cardboard support. On Japan. 23 x 26.7 cm (9 x 10.5 in), the full sheet.

With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr. Manfred Reuther from October 28, 2017.

PROVENANCE: Private collection South Germany.

“I saw the excited and wild beauty, who in the evening lets her fingers of fire drag over the arch of heaven in the last floating cloud strips, fading in blazing, glowing color changes. I felt the sultriness of the hour, I felt it like embers and sparks, painting, painting with true-to-life, most obedient sensitivity, like obeying orders received. "
Emil Nolde, quoted from: Emil Nolde. My life. Cologne, DuMont Buchverlag 1976, P. 378.



essay
The artist always feeds new strength from nature. This retreat in nature runs through Nolde's entire creative period: his homeland and the sea with its rough coastal landscapes marked by wind and weather, which are reflected in the intense play of colors in his rich oil and watercolor paintings, constantly serve as Nolde's source of inspiration and strength. “Abendwolken am Meer” is an exemplary work for Nolde that brings the dynamism and unpredictability of nature, in this case the elemental force of the sea, close to the viewer in deep violet, yellow and red tones. Nolde's watercolors are born out of color. It is his primary design element and only through it does he visualize his artistic commitment. Here, too, Nolde remains true to his once-found compositional scheme, which is entirely determined by the expressiveness of the colors. The lost to the elements was one of the great pictorial themes of the artist, who, living on the North Sea, gained a new, completely unknown side with his sensual splendor of colors. [CG / SM]

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