Friesenhof – Marshland and farmstead at a high height Emil Nolde

• An expressive watercolour depicting an emotionally charged cloudy sky • Painted in Seebüll, where Nolde began to create his own world from 1926 onwards • Characterised by intense and fresh colours In 1926, Ada and Emil Nolde purchased a virtually empty plot of land, one kilometre from the Danish border. Today, this mound is world-famous: Seebüll is now inextricably linked with the memory of Nolde. The couple initially made use of an old farmhouse in the countryside, before going on to build a modern brick house with its own garden by the early 1930s. To this day, apart from Nolde’s buildings, there are only a few scattered farmhouses and no other architecture to be found in Seebüll. Then as now, it is possible to observe nature almost entirely untroubled by the disruptive influences of civilisation. In this watercolour, Nolde allows us to share in one such scene. Like a backdrop, we see the farmhouse on the horizon of the vast marshland landscape. The composition, however, is dominated by the spectacular colours of the North German sky. Clouds billow upwards, the sun bathing them in shades ranging from the brightest yellow to the darkest blue. Here, Nolde makes use of the technical possibilities of watercolour that he perfected: he allows the colours to flow into one another, building and structuring with strong pigments whilst simultaneously creating delicate textures through dilution. | 1867 Nolde - Seebüll 1956 | Moderne Kunst | Arbeiten auf Papier | Nummer: 26x1847 | Provenance: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg 4.6.1977, Los 1177; Privatsammlung, Niedersachsen, bei Vorgenannter erworben; Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg 2.12.2000, Los 1189; Privatbesitz, bei Vorgenannter erworben; Galerie Neher, Essen (2006); Privatsammlung (2008); Christie’s, London 7.2.2013, Los 210; Privatsammlung, Norddeutschland, bei Vorgenannter erworben.

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