Emil Nolde - Figur und Clematis, 1935
Emil Nolde
Figur und Clematis, 1935
Figure and clematis . 1935.
Oil on canvas.
Urban 1145. Signed lower right. Signed and titled on the stretcher. 88.5 x 67.5 cm (34.8 x 26.5 in)
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The exhibition in Mannheim in the art dealer Rudolf Probst, in which the painting was exhibited together with 90 others in 1937, could only be viewed for three days. The president of the "Reichskunstkammer" had it closed. This was preceded by the exhibition "Degenerate Art", in which 29 paintings by Emil Nolde, as well as watercolors and graphics, were shown. Under these circumstances, the consequences of which were foreseeable, Nolde was only able to decide freely about his subjects to a limited extent. The flower pictures and landscapes seemed untouched. But the verdict was aimed at the artist and his works, and the professional ban imposed from 1941 is the end point in this development. Even in these years, however, Nolde's artistic creativity hardly seems restricted.
The composition of flowers with small bronzes and porcelain from his home environment started much earlier. First, Nolde made studies for his still lifes with exotic figures in the Berlin Ethnographic Museum, before he began to build up his own collection with a great passion for collecting. He liked to rummage through markets and antique shops in various cities for small treasures. What he personally liked was bought, with the main focus on shape and color.
Emil Nolde is interested in a balanced image relationship between the flowers and the Egyptian bronze. That may also have been a reason to shorten the painting on the right edge of the picture in order to give priority to the clematis' rain of flowers as the main protagonist in this delightful composition. Nolde's preference for expressive colors cannot be overlooked. During the period in which the present painting was created, Nolde assigned synaesthetic properties to the various colors and used them as symbols. The almost unreal blue-violet of the clematis is enhanced by the neutral background in pale blue and green tones. The background, which changes in different shades of turquoise, looks cool and refreshing. Turquoise is considered the color of clear creative expression, creative power as well as communication and, like white, symbolizes the truth. On this background of symbolic creativity a clematis now grows and unfolds in full bloom in the center of the picture. Just like the colors, plants are assigned various attributes. The clematis, also known as the common clematis, is widely used in medicinal medicine. She embodies fantasy and creativity in a positive sense. Fittingly, purple stands for magic, inspiration and spiritual experience. Nolde's choice of color underlines the already given properties of the flower. The mysterious woman from the right, who is strongly reminiscent of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, joins this image composition, which is already mystically laden. On this background of symbolic creativity a clematis now grows and unfolds in full bloom in the center of the picture. Just like the colors, plants are assigned various attributes. The clematis, also known as the common clematis, is widely used in medicinal medicine. She embodies fantasy and creativity in a positive sense. Fittingly, purple stands for magic, inspiration and spiritual experience. Nolde's choice of colors underlines the already given properties of the flower. The mysterious woman from the right, who is strongly reminiscent of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, joins this image composition, which is already mystically laden. On this background of symbolic creativity a clematis now grows and unfolds in full bloom in the center of the picture. Just like the colors, plants are assigned various attributes. The clematis, also known as the common clematis, is widely used in medicinal medicine. She embodies fantasy and creativity in a positive sense. Fittingly, purple stands for magic, inspiration and spiritual experience. Nolde's choice of colors underlines the already given properties of the flower. The mysterious woman from the right, who is strongly reminiscent of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, joins this image composition, which is already mystically laden. is widely used in medicinal medicine. She embodies fantasy and creativity in a positive sense. Fittingly, purple stands for magic, inspiration and spiritual experience. Nolde's choice of colors underlines the already given properties of the flower. The mysterious woman from the right, who is strongly reminiscent of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, joins this image composition, which is already mystically laden. is widely used in medicinal medicine. She embodies fantasy and creativity in a positive sense. Fittingly, purple stands for magic, inspiration and spiritual experience. Nolde's choice of color underlines the already given properties of the flower. The mysterious woman from the right, who is strongly reminiscent of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, joins this image composition, which is already mystically laden.
The flower pictures, which make up a large part of Emil Nolde's artistic oeuvre, should be seen in their individuality. They are an expression of the heightened sensation that defines Emil Nolde's entire painterly oeuvre. In all of its levels of interpretation, "Figur und Clematis" is not just a touching aesthetic arrangement, but rather shows the multilayered interlocking paths with which Nolde worked out a composition
The composition of flowers with small bronzes and porcelain from his home environment started much earlier. First, Nolde made studies for his still lifes with exotic figures in the Berlin Ethnographic Museum, before he began to build up his own collection with a great passion for collecting. He liked to rummage through markets and antique shops in various cities for small treasures. What he personally liked was bought, with the main focus on shape and color.
Emil Nolde is interested in a balanced image relationship between the flowers and the Egyptian bronze. That may also have been a reason to shorten the painting on the right edge of the picture in order to give priority to the clematis' rain of flowers as the main protagonist in this delightful composition. Nolde's preference for expressive colors cannot be overlooked. During the period in which the present painting was created, Nolde assigned synaesthetic properties to the various colors and used them as symbols. The almost unreal blue-violet of the clematis is enhanced by the neutral background in pale blue and green tones. The background, which changes in different shades of turquoise, looks cool and refreshing. Turquoise is considered the color of clear creative expression, creative power as well as communication and, like white, symbolizes the truth. On this background of symbolic creativity a clematis now grows and unfolds in full bloom in the center of the picture. Just like the colors, plants are assigned various attributes. The clematis, also known as the common clematis, is widely used in medicinal medicine. She embodies fantasy and creativity in a positive sense. Fittingly, purple stands for magic, inspiration and spiritual experience. Nolde's choice of color underlines the already given properties of the flower. The mysterious woman from the right, who is strongly reminiscent of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, joins this image composition, which is already mystically laden. On this background of symbolic creativity a clematis now grows and unfolds in full bloom in the center of the picture. Just like the colors, plants are assigned various attributes. The clematis, also known as the common clematis, is widely used in medicinal medicine. She embodies fantasy and creativity in a positive sense. Fittingly, purple stands for magic, inspiration and spiritual experience. Nolde's choice of colors underlines the already given properties of the flower. The mysterious woman from the right, who is strongly reminiscent of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, joins this image composition, which is already mystically laden. On this background of symbolic creativity a clematis now grows and unfolds in full bloom in the center of the picture. Just like the colors, plants are assigned various attributes. The clematis, also known as the common clematis, is widely used in medicinal medicine. She embodies fantasy and creativity in a positive sense. Fittingly, purple stands for magic, inspiration and spiritual experience. Nolde's choice of colors underlines the already given properties of the flower. The mysterious woman from the right, who is strongly reminiscent of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, joins this image composition, which is already mystically laden. is widely used in medicinal medicine. She embodies fantasy and creativity in a positive sense. Fittingly, purple stands for magic, inspiration and spiritual experience. Nolde's choice of colors underlines the already given properties of the flower. The mysterious woman from the right, who is strongly reminiscent of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, joins this image composition, which is already mystically laden. is widely used in medicinal medicine. She embodies fantasy and creativity in a positive sense. Fittingly, purple stands for magic, inspiration and spiritual experience. Nolde's choice of color underlines the already given properties of the flower. The mysterious woman from the right, who is strongly reminiscent of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, joins this image composition, which is already mystically laden.
The flower pictures, which make up a large part of Emil Nolde's artistic oeuvre, should be seen in their individuality. They are an expression of the heightened sensation that defines Emil Nolde's entire painterly oeuvre. In all of its levels of interpretation, "Figur und Clematis" is not just a touching aesthetic arrangement, but rather shows the multilayered interlocking paths with which Nolde worked out a composition
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