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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...