Hohe Sturzwelle
The Artist
- Who? Emil Nolde (Hans Emil Hansen)
- Born: 7. August 1867 in Nolde, Kreis Tondern der Provinz Schleswig-Holstein († 13. April 1956 in Seebüll)
- Style: Expressionism
Emil Nolde was one of the leading Expressionist painters and known for his expressive choice of colors. Although his works were confiscated as "degenerate art" and Nolde was banned from working, he was a racist, anti-Semite and staunch supporter of National Socialism.
Nolde - actually Hans Emil Hansen - was born the fourth of five children of the farmer Niels Hansen and his wife Hanna Christine in the village of Nolde near Tønder, in the German-Danish borderland in what was then German territory.
In 1884 - 1888, he completed an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor's assistant and draftsman, and continued his education in various arts and crafts and painting schools, as well as through self-study.
His repertoire includes watercolors, oil paintings, color lithographs and drawings with religious and folkloric motifs, flower and garden paintings, landscapes and city scenes.
On February 25, 1902 Nolde marries Ada (Adamine Frederikke) Vilstrup (* 20.09.1879) and in the course of the wedding he discards the name Hansen and names himself after his birthplace Nolde.
Literature of the artist
- Letters from the years 1894-1926; 1927
- The own life; 1931
- Years of struggle; 1934
- World and Homeland. The South Sea voyage 1913-1918; 1936
- Travel, Ostracism, Liberation 1919-1946; 1967
- My life; 1976
The Artwork
- Name: Hohe Sturzwelle
- Created around: 1948
- Technique: Oil on canvas
The painting "Hohe Sturzwelle" from 1948 is certainly one of his best-known deceptions of the sea. The artist impressively captures the mood of the moving blue water under the equally blue sky, dotted with bright yellow clouds Nolde translates his feeling for nature into supra-temporal descriptions of human fate as well. the detail is chosen so close that we are directly confronted with the force of nature.
Quellen
https://www.nolde-stiftung.de/nolde/biographie/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Nolde
https://www.nolde-shop.de/Plakat-Emil-Nolde-Hohe-Sturzwelle/145
