Emil NoldeGerman, Danish, 1867–1956Man in a Top Hat
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Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1981.1185
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Emil Nolde
The whole life1909
Poisoned water: a brush with death
In 1909, at the age of forty-two, Nolde nearly died after drinking poisoned water; the experience hastened his turn to religious painting.
1910
Expelled from the Berlin Secession
In 1910, after a disagreement with the leadership, Nolde was expelled from the Berlin Secession, of which he had been a member since 1908.
1910–1912
First success at exhibitions in Hamburg, Essen and Hagen
In 1910–12 Nolde had his first success at exhibitions in Hamburg, Essen and Hagen.
1912
Exhibits with Kandinsky’s Blaue Reiter
In 1912 Nolde exhibited with Wassily Kandinsky’s Munich-based group Der Blaue Reiter; by then he had achieved some fame and could support himself through his art.
1913–1914
An expedition to New Guinea by way of Russia and Asia
In 1913–14 Nolde travelled to the Southern Hemisphere as a member of the Medical-Demographic German New Guinea Expedition of the Imperial Colonial Office; a famous series of his paintings covers the journey, with the South Seas, Moscow, Siberia, Korea, Japan and China.
1913–1914 · Workplace
German New Guinea
