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German, 1867-1956

Nolde studied art in Munich, then moved to Berlin in the early years of the new century and became a member of a group of Expressionist artists in nearby Dresden, who called themselves "Die Brücke" (The Bridge). Despite critical success and a retrospective exhibition in 1927, Nolde's career suffered during the Nazi regime, having been included in Degenerate Art, a 1937 exhibition of artwork officially deemed "antithetical to German tradition."

Watercolor

13 5/16 x 17 7/8 in. (33.85 x 45.4 cm)

Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection

67.142

Provenance: [World House Galleries, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, 1959; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1967

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Emil Nolde, Mar. 4, 1963 (San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 28, 1963; Pasadena, California, Pasadena Art Museum, July 27, 1963).

Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bagley Wright: Twentieth Century American and European Paintings and Sculpture, Nov. 8 - Dec. 6, 1964. Cat. no. 41.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, The Seattle Art Museum Lends, Mar. 13 - Apr. 11, 1976. No cat. no.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Anselm Kiefer and Germanic Tradition, June 4, 1999 - Jan. 2, 2000.

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