Person

Emil Nolde

1867 – 1956 · aged 89

German artist (1867–1956)

Born
7 Aug 1867 · Nolde
Died
13 Apr 1956 · Seebüll

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 102 years
  1. 7 Aug 1867BornBorn in Nolde
  2. 1952AwardCulture and Science Award of the City of Kiel
  3. 13 Apr 1956DiedDied in Seebüll

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1867 – 1956).

  1. 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
  2. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  3. 1898Spanish–American War
  4. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  5. 1914 – 1918World War I
  6. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  7. 1917Balfour Declaration
  8. 1917February Revolution
  9. 1917October Revolution
  10. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  11. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  12. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  13. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  14. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  15. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  16. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  17. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1938Munich Agreement
  19. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  20. 1939 – 1945World War II
  21. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  22. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  23. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  24. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  25. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  26. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  27. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  28. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  30. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  31. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  33. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  34. 1956Suez Crisis

Biography

Emil Nolde (born Hans Emil Hansen; 7 August 1867 – 13 April 1956) was a German painter and printmaker. He was one of the first Expressionists, a member of Die Brücke, and was one of the first oil painting and watercolor painters of the early 20th century to explore color. He is known for his brushwork and expressive choice of colors. Golden yellows and deep reds appear frequently in his work, giving a luminous quality to otherwise somber tones. His watercolors include vivid, brooding storm-scapes and brilliant florals.

Nolde's intense preoccupation with the subject of flowers reflected his interest in the art of Vincent van Gogh.

Even though his art was included in the Entartete Kunst exhibition of 1937, Nolde was a member of the Nazi Party, with racist and antisemitic views, and a staunch supporter of Nazi Germany.

Text from the Wikipedia article Emil Nolde, CC BY-SA 4.0

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