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  EMIL NOLDE Untergehende Sonne , 1920. Aquarell Object description Setting sun  .  Around 1920/1925. Watercolor. Signed lower right.  On Japan.  35.3 x 48 cm (13.8 x 18.8 in), the full sheet. With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther, Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, dated May 3, 2013. PROVENANCE: Private collection South Germany (acquired directly from the artist). Emil Hansen was born on August 7, 1867 in the German-Danish border region.  He later adopted the name of his hometown Nolde as his stage name.  After an apprenticeship as a furniture draftsman and wood carver in Flensburg from 1884 to 1888, he worked for various furniture factories in Munich, Karlsruhe and Berlin.  In 1892 Emil Nolde received a position as a teacher for commercial drawing at the trade museum in St. Gallen, which he held until 1898.  There, where primarily landscape watercolors and drawings by the mountain farmers were created, Nolde became...

  EMIL NOLDE Blumenstillleben mit Astern, Mohn und Rittersporn , 1950. Aquarell Object description Still life with flowers with asters, poppies and delphinium  .  Between 1950-1956. Watercolor and tempera. Signed in the right margin.  Inscribed "IX" on the reverse.  On Japan.  23.8 x 34.1 cm (9.3 x 13.4 in). With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther, Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, dated March 8, 2005. PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin. Private collection, Switzerland. EXHIBITION: Classics of Young Art.  Aquarelle-Bilder-Graphics, Galerie Meta Nierendorf, Berlin, June 29-10, 1959, leaflet no.  76. (with ill.). Emil Hansen was born on August 7, 1867 in the German-Danish border region.  He later adopted the name of his hometown Nolde as his stage name.  After an apprenticeship as a furniture draftsman and wood carver, he worked for various furniture factories before receiving a position as a teacher for commer...

  EMIL NOLDE Schweizer Berglandschaft im Winter , Wohl 1930. Aquarell auf Papier Object description Swiss mountain landscape in winter  .  Probably the 1930s. Watercolor on paper. Signed lower right.  With the collection stamp of the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation (not in Lugt) and the handwritten number "L a 20" on the reverse.  On Japan.  33.2 x 45.5 cm (13 x 17.9 in), the full sheet. • Rare mountain motif. • In extremely good condition  . With a letter from the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation dated April 10, 2018. The work is registered in the Foundation's archive. PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate. EXHIBITION: Emil Nolde.  Acquerelli e disegni dalla Fondazione Nolde di Seebüll, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome November 20, 1984 to January 20, 1985, no.120. Emil Nolde.  75 watercolors from the collection of the Nolde Foundation Seebüll, Rupertinum Salzburg, May 22 - July 20, 1986. Snow mountains, cloud beauty, weathe...

  EMIL NOLDE Gelbe und blaue Iris , 1930. Aquarell Object description Yellow and blue iris watercolor, signed around 1930 lower right.  On Japanese laid paper 44.7 x 34.2 cm (17.5 x 13.4 in), the full sheet. With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Martin Urban, Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, dated April 2, 1996, by Dr.  Manfred Reuther, Foundation Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde, was confirmed orally PROVENANCE: Galerie Thomas, Munich. Private collection Germany. Emil Nolde's watercolor technique, in which the colors are painted into the moistened paper, is demonstrated here as an example.  Without any preliminary drawing in pencil or chalk, the artist works directly with the watercolor brush.  The strong stalks of the iris with their foliage form the basic structure behind which the blaze of color of the flowers can unfold.  The result is a balanced composition, captivating in its clear colors.  The brilliance of the colors, their pure, unadult...

  EMIL NOLDE Pfingstrosen in blauer Vase , 1930. Aquarell Object description Lot: 219 Emil  Nolde 1867 Nolde / Nordschleswig - 1956 Seebüll / Schleswig-Holstein Peonies in a blue vase  .  Probably 1930 / 40s. Watercolor. Signed lower left.  On fine Japanese laid paper.  43.2 x 35.7 cm (17 x 14 in), the full sheet. With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther, Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, dated May 8, 2009. The work is registered there. PROVENANCE: Private collection South Germany (acquired directly from the artist). Emil Nolde was born in 1867 in the German-Danish border region.  After an apprenticeship as a furniture draftsman and wood carver in Flensburg from 1884 to 1888, he received a position as a teacher for commercial drawing at the trade museum in St. Gallen in 1892.  There Nolde is known for his small colored drawings of the Swiss mountains.  With the decision to become a painter, Nolde goes to Munich, but th...

  EMIL NOLDE Sturzwelle unter violettem Himmel , Um 1930 Aquarell Object description Storm wave under purple sky  .  Around 1930. Watercolor. Signed lower right.  On Japan.  34.2 x 45.7 cm (13.4 x 17.9 in), the full sheet. • In no other subject did Nolde come closer to abstraction than in the sea motifs • The sea remains one of his most popular motifs until his death • Sea and sky merge into a dramatic, expressive carpet of colors  . With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther, at that time the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, dated May 25, 2008 (copy). PROVENANCE: Private collection, Switzerland. Private collection Northern Germany (since 2007). "It was as if the open air, the salty taste, the roaring waves spurred me on and made me happy. The wind was warm, fresh and invigorating, the walks on the firm sand along the sea my pleasure. I was opened up like blooming flowers It's the sun, artistically receptive to every sound and every s...

  EMIL NOLDE Sonnenblumen , Um 1930 Aquarell Object description Sunflowers  .  Around 1930. Watercolor. Signed lower right.  On Japanese laid paper.  46.5 x 34.8 cm (18.3 x 13.7 in), the full sheet. With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther from January 18, 2010. The work is registered in the Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, Seebüll. PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia. essay No matter where Emil Nolde settles, he creates a flower garden in his new home.  With the emphasis of the admirer, he pays homage to the multifaceted beauty of nature in his work.  It is the natural intensity of color that fascinates him and that he wants to paint as undiminished as possible.  Light and color dissolve the details of the motif, yet the specifics of each flower remain recognizable.  The purely realistic reproduction of the plant world is not the goal, rather he wants to express the states of the soul.  Despite his fas...

  EMIL NOLDE Seebüll unter blau-violettem Himmel , 1940. Aquarell Object description Seebüll under a blue-violet sky  .  Around 1940. Watercolor. Signed lower right.  On Japan.  34.8: 48.5 cm (13.7: 19 in), the full sheet.  Emil Hansen was born on August 7, 1867 in the German-Danish border region.  He later adopted the name of his hometown Nolde as his stage name.  With the decision to become a painter, Nolde went to Munich in 1898, but the academy under Franz von Stuck rejected him.  This was followed by studies at Adolf Hölzel's private painting school in Dachau and, from 1899, at the Académie Julian in Paris.  By dealing with the neo-impressionists Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch and James Ensor, Nolde moved from his initially romantic naturalism to an independent style in which color played an essential role.  color-intensive, luminous flower pictures are created.  In 1906 Nolde met the "Brücke" painters on Alsen,  whos...

  EMIL NOLDE Segler , Um 1935/ 1940. Aquarell und Tusche Object description Sailors  .  Around 1935/1940. Watercolor and Indian ink. Signed on the upper right.  Titled on the cardboard by Ada Nolde.  On Japan.  17 x 13.8 cm (6.6 x 5.4 in), the full sheet. With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther, Klockries, from November 3, 2018. The watercolor is listed in the Reuther archive under the number "Nolde A - 107/2018". PROVENANCE: Dr.  Otto Mayring, Hanover (with the address on the back of the frame). Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 35th auction, May 20-21, 1960, lot 451 (from the aforementioned collection, with the label on the back of the frame). Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from aforementioned). essay Emil Hansen was born on August 7, 1867 in the German-Danish border region.  He later adopted the name of his hometown Nolde as his stage name.  After an apprenticeship as a furniture draftsman and wood carver in Fle...

  EMIL NOLDE Mädchen mit blauem Haar , Ca. 1920/1925. Aquarell Object description Girl with blue hair  .  1920/1925. Watercolor. Signed lower right.  On Japan.  46.5 x 35.7 cm (18.3 x 14 in), size of sheet. With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther, former director of the Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, Klockries, dated May 2, 2018. The work is registered in his archive under the number "Nolde A - 82/2018". PROVENANCE: Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf. Collection Dr.  Hugo and Madeleine Simons, Rhineland, later Montreal, Canada (acquired from aforementioned between 1926 and 1933, since then in family ownership). EXHIBITION: The Simons Collection, Goethe House, Montreal 1964. "What are laws? What is arbitrariness and licentiousness? Every real artist creates new values, new beauty, and new laws arise [...]. What he brings new and beautiful becomes because it does not subordinate itself to the previous laws lets, as 'arbitrariness', as 'licentiousne...

EMIL NOLDE Marschlandschaft (Wiedau-Niederung um Utenwarf) , Um 1920/ 1925 Object description Marshland (Wiedau lowlands around Utenwarf)  .  Around 1920/1925. Watercolor. Signed lower right.  With the collection stamp of the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation (not in Lugt) and the handwritten number "K a 8" on the reverse.  On Japan.  35.5 x 49.4 cm (13.9 x 19.4 in), the full sheet. With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther, Klockries, from April 26, 2017. PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate. essay Emil Nolde is breaking new ground with his marshland.  The roots in the North Frisian homeland moved him to settle down there and realize his own visual language.  The expanse of the marshland that surrounds Nolde's residence becomes the goal of his explorations and remains in its austere severity, only inspired by weather-related events, a brittle subject that Nolde interprets with his own emphasis.  The results are exuberant wor...

  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 homel...

  EMIL NOLDE Landschaft (Marschlandschaft in der Dämmerung) , Um 1925. Aquarell Object description Landscape (marshland at dusk)  .  Around 1925. Watercolor and India ink brush. Signed lower right.  On Japan.  36.5 x 50.6 cm (14.3 x 19.9 in), the full sheet. Large-format landscape watercolor in dark, glowing tones  . With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther from November 4, 2016. PROVENANCE: Robert Sterck Collection, Cologne. Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia. essay The marshland, shaped by the nearby sea and the rapidly changing effects of the weather, was, despite its almost unspectacular simplicity, the source of color inspiration for Emil Nolde.  Nobody before him had seen this landscape like that and described it with his own sympathy.  Nolde elevates the Nordic landscape into a mystical transfiguration by submitting the color palette entirely to his ingenuity and thus creating a completely new image of it.  Th...