Emil Nolde

Emil Nolde 1867 - 1956 Verschneite Alpenlandschaft und ein Berghaus (Schweiz). Wohl 1930. Watercolor. Signed in the lower right. On Japanese paper. 36.1 x 45.9 cm (14.2 x 18 in), the full sheet. [CH]. • Winter mountain scenes are extremely rare within his oeuvre. • A radiant blue sky: The snow-covered mountain panorama, featuring an alpine hut, high peaks, and dark-green slopes, emerges directly from the paint without any sketches. • A place of longing: Before the turn of the century, Emil Nolde lived in St. Gallen for a time; later, he spent numerous vacations—including both of his honeymoons—in Switzerland. • Nolde discovered his passion for mountaineering and climbed, among other peaks, the Matterhorn. • The mountain watercolors were mostly painted plein-air. Accompanied by a photograph certificate of authenticity issued by Prof. Dr. Manfred Reuther, Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, on September 30, 2008. The work is registered in the archive of the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation under the number Fr.A.2841, and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Emil Nolde’s watercolors and drawings. PROVENANCE: Galerie Günther Franke, Munich. Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1957; remained in the family until 2008). Dietmar Manke Collection, Schleswig-Holstein (acquired from Grisebach, Berlin, in 2008). LITERATURE: Grisebach, Berlin, Select Works, November 28, 2008, lot 48 (with ill.). "Every year, for a few winter months, we would travel up into the wintry world of the mountains, seeking to restore our health… But I always took my watercolors with me as well, painting wherever I could—the snow-capped mountains, the beauty of the clouds, the weather-beaten fir trees. [.] And once again, with my painting supplies, I stood on a terrace, absorbed in painting the magnificent mountain ranges. The sheets I had started lay scattered about, drying in the winter sun [.].” Emil Nolde, in: Emil Nolde, Reisen Ächtung Befreiung 1919–1946, Cologne 1978, p. 112ff. Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 15.09 h +/- 20 min.

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