
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany
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Emil Nolde
German, 1867-1956
Romantic Landscape with Fortress, ca. 1941-1945
watercolor and ink on paper
sheet: 6 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (17.46 x 18.1 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
General Purchase Funds, 1965
1965:6
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Stiftung Seebull Ada and Emil Nolde, Seebul, Germany;M. Knoedler & Co., NY;
sold to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1965
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Information may change due to ongoing research.Glossary of Terms
During the 1930s, Emile Nolde was branded a “degenerate artist” by the Nazi regime, which confiscated many of his works. Forbidden to paint, he found refuge in northern Germany, where he created small, easy-to-hide works he referred to as Ungemalte Bilder, or unpainted pictures. Although he preferred working with oil paint, he turned to watercolor out of fear that the smell of oil paint might be detected. Romantic Landscape with Fortress, one of the works he completed during this time, is believed to be a depiction of his countryside home, Seabüll. This image of a seemingly small building against the backdrop of an expansive sky at dusk reflects the great sense of psychological strain and isolation Nolde felt during what was surely a difficult period in his life. For Nolde, the landscape offered reprieve from political persecution.
Label from Anselm Kiefer: Beyond Landscape, November 17, 2013–October 5, 2014
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