Emil NoldeGerman, Danish, 1867–1956The Matterhorn Smiles
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Not on view at present
Where is “The Matterhorn Smiles” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2004.862
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Emil Nolde
The whole life1892–1897
Employed by: St. Gallen textile museum
1898
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.
1898
The Munich Academy rejects him
In 1898 the Munich Academy of Fine Arts rejected him; for the next three years he took private painting lessons, visited Paris and became familiar with contemporary Impressionism.
1899 · Education
Académie Julian
