1 March – 31 October, daily 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
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1 March – 31 October, daily 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
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65th Annual Exhibition 2021
EMIL NOLDE –
PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER
EMIL NOLDE – PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER
Emil Nolde, Mill on the Water, lithography 1926
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

About the exhibition

With the 65th annual exhibition “Emil Nolde – Painter and Printmaker”, a new perspective was taken on the interaction of artistic techniques: the exhibition dissolved the separation between media and presented works on paper in direct proximity to oil paintings. Whereas paintings, watercolours and prints had often been displayed independently in the past, their direct juxtaposition made clear how Emil Nolde set different techniques into a stimulating dialogue and explored his motifs in numerous variations.

The exhibition took place in the redesigned rooms of the visitor forum. Around 125 exhibits from different areas of his oeuvre and phases of his career presented landscapes, seascapes, flowers and figure compositions. Alongside well-known masterpieces, rarely or never previously exhibited treasures were shown, particularly in the field of colour printmaking. The graphic works documented Nolde’s enthusiasm for artistic experimentation and continual variation of his motifs. They offered insight into his playful approach to exploiting the technical possibilities of etching, woodcut and lithography in order to achieve new colour effects and nuances. In this way, it became evident how closely interconnected the works were across different media, forming a unified whole devoted to the magic of colour.

Black-and-white striped goat before red flowers, a yellow sun, and a yellow ape-like face.
Emil Nolde, Still Life (with Striped Goat), painting 1920
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
A man and a woman face each other; the man holds the woman’s arm. Both wear black against a vivid yellow background with red and black accents.
Emil Nolde, Young Couple, lithography 1913
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

In 1926, Gustav Schiefler wrote in his catalogue of Nolde’s prints that Emil Nolde saw “the world not in lines, but in colours”. Under this guiding principle, the exhibition invited visitors to rediscover Nolde’s work, particularly through the colouristic qualities of his prints in dialogue with watercolours and paintings.

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Insight Into The 65th Annual Exhibition

A man and a woman sit at a laid table in a blooming garden; the woman seen from behind, the man from the front.
Emil Nolde, Conversation in the Garden, painting 1908
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
Portrait of a man in a top hat, one half of his face in black, set against green, blue and black areas.
Emil Nolde, Man with Cylinder Hat I, lithography 1911
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
Black, grey and white scene of a man and a woman; the bearded man in a hat rests his hand on the woman’s shoulder and carries a basket, while she looks at him.
Emil Nolde, Man and Woman, etching 1911
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
A man and a woman stand side by side; the man, wearing a hat and carrying a basket, rests his arm on the woman’s shoulders, while she is dressed in green and also wears a hat.
Emil Nolde, Father and Daughter, painting 1912
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
Grotesque brown figure with red fingers and toes lies amid crashing waves with pale foam.
Emil Nolde, Sea Woman, painting 1922
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
Dark seascape with high, rolling blue-black waves and white foam beneath a yellow sky.
Emil Nolde, Sea, lithography 1926
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
Black-and-white windmill by the water beside a thatched house on green land; a violet sky is reflected in the water.
Emil Nolde, Mill, painting 1924
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
Three black-and-white cows lie on yellow-red ground beneath a dramatic sky in black, blue, yellow and red; buildings appear in the distance.
Emil Nolde, Landscape with Cows, lithography 1926
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
Several yellow and red sunflowers with green stems and leaves against a blue background.
Emil Nolde, Red and Yellow Sunflowers, watercolour
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll
Black-and-white windmill on green grass beside water, with a red house nearby; the sky behind glows in red, violet and blue.
Emil Nolde, Windmill, watercolour
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll