Emil NoldeGerman, Danish, 1867–1956Scoundrels (Lumpen)
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 270.1955
In the catalog
Sources
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Image: The Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Emil Nolde
The whole life1898
Leaves his post to become a free artist
In 1898, at the age of thirty-one, Nolde left his post as a drawing teacher at the school of the Museum of Industrial and Applied Arts in St Gallen, where he had worked since 1892, to pursue at last his dream of becoming an independent artist.
1899 · Education
Académie Julian
1902
Marries Ada Vilstrup and moves to Berlin
In 1902 Nolde married the Danish actress Ada Vilstrup (1879–1946) and moved to Berlin, where he met the collector Gustav Schiefler and the artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, both of whom would later advocate his work.
1906
A turn from Impressionism to religious subjects
In 1906 Nolde, who had grown up in a small religious community near the German-Danish border and had read the whole Bible, turned from an Impressionist manner to religious subjects stressing the emotion of the moment, bright colours and two-dimensionality; in his early religious works (1900–1904) he had not yet found his own style and followed models such as Millet and Daumier.
1906–1907
Meets Edvard Munch
During his time with Die Brücke Nolde met Edvard Munch.
1909
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.
