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Although Emil Nolde is famous for his dramatic ocean views and colorful flower gardens, his love of the fantastical and grotesque has received less attention to date. Yet, it is clear from his autobiography and many letters that they had a significant impact on his artistic work. Besides his first oil painting, the Bergriesen (Mountain giants, 1895/96), his alpine postcards from before 1900 also display his fascination with the imaginary: here, the Swiss mountains appear as bizarre human physiognomies. His turning away from reality in favor of a grotesque, alternative world can be seen throughout his oeuvre, from its beginnings, to the Grotesken (1905) and watercolors from 1918/1919, to the years when he was forbidden to practice his profession under the Nazis. The exhibition catalogue, which presents works of art never before shown, is also the first to discover a fascinating side of the great painter and water colorist.Exhibition: 30.4.-9.7.2017, Internationale Tage Ingelheim at Museum Wiesbaden; 23.7.-15.10.2017, Buchheim Museum der Phantasie, Bernried am Starnberger See
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Christian Ring, geboren 1976, studierte Kunstgeschichte und Philosophie an den Universitäten Kassel und Bonn. Bei der Nolde Stiftung begann er 2011 zunächst als stellvertretender Direktor, seit September 2013 ist er Direktor der Nolde Stiftung Seebüll.
Ulrich Luckhardt leitet seit 2012 die Internationalen Tage Ingelheim. Zuvor war er fast 25 Jahre an der Hamburger Kunsthalle tätig, wo er zahlreiche Ausstellungen zur Klassischen Moderne, auch über Lyonel Feininger, kuratierte. Als Autor und Kurator von Ausstellungen, u. a. in der Schweiz und Japan, hat er sich als Feininger-Spezialist weltweit einen Namen gemacht.
Emil Nolde, 1867-1956, Hauptvertreter des deutschen Expressionismus. Nach einer Ausbildung als Möbelzeichner und Holzschnitzer arbeitete Nolde als Lehrer an der Kunstgewerbeschule in St. Gallen. Von 1906-07 Mitglied der Brücke in Dresden. Im Dritten Reich war Nolde als 'entarteter' Künstler verfemt und wurde 1941 mit einem Malverbot belegt.
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Although Emil Nolde is famous for his dramatic ocean views and colorful flower gardens, his love of the fantastical and grotesque has received less attention to date. Yet, it is clear from his autobiography and many letters that they had a significant impact on his artistic work. Besides his first oil painting, the Bergriesen (Mountain giants, 1895/96), his alpine postcards from before 1900 also display his fascination with the imaginary: here, the Swiss mountains appear as bizarre human physiognomies. His turning away from reality in favor of a grotesque, alternative world can be seen throughout his oeuvre, from its beginnings, to the Grotesken (1905) and watercolors from 1918/1919, to the years when he was forbidden to practice his profession under the Nazis. The exhibition catalogue, which presents works of art never before shown, is also the first to discover a fascinating side of the great painter and water colorist.Exhibition: 30.4.-9.7.2017, Internationale Tage Ingelheim at Museum Wiesbaden; 23.7.-15.10.2017, Buchheim Museum der Phantasie, Bernried am Starnberger See
