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Emil Nolde, artist
German, 1867 - 1956
Frauenkopf (Head of a Woman), early 20th century
watercolor on wove paper
49.5 x 36.5 cm (sheet)
Bequest of Ruth Haas Lilienthal 1975.2.11

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Artist Biography: Born Emil Hansen at Nolde near Tondern in northest Schleswig (now T¯nder in southern Denmark) into a farming family, his father a Frisian-German, his mother Danish. Married to Ada Vilstrup, who collaborated with him, printing many of the woodcuts, keeping records, etc. Changed his name to Emil Nolde ca. 1904. Expressionist painter, printmaker, and watercolorist. Most of his woodcuts, etchings, lithographs made between 1905 and 1937. Included in the group of arttists labeled as degenerate by the Nazis in 1937. 1941: forbidden to paint or exhibit his work. Lived at Seeb¸ll, close to the Danish border.~~Reference: Schiefler, Gustav. Emil Nolde. Das Graphische Werk. Revised by Christel Mosel. 2 vols. Kˆln: Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg, 1966-1967. ~

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