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Lot Essay
Professor Dr Manfred Reuther from the Nolde Stiftung, Seebüll, has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
As a member of Die Brücke, Emil Nolde developed a unique expressionist style over the years, focusing mainly on painting in oil and watercolour. His works are famous for their vivid and strong colour choices as well as Nolde’s distinctive brushstrokes. 'In art I fight for unconscious creation,' he wrote to his friend Hans Fehr, reiterating elsewhere that 'the quicker a painting is done, the better it is' (Emil Nolde, Jahre der Kämpfe, Berlin, 1934, p. 95). With its striking palette and unconventionally low horizon, Landschaft mit hohem Himmel und roten Wolken is an excellent example of the artist's spontaneous technique. Created in the 1930s, the near-abstract colour planes softly blending into one another almost anticipate Mark Rothko's abstract expressionism of the following decades.
As a member of Die Brücke, Emil Nolde developed a unique expressionist style over the years, focusing mainly on painting in oil and watercolour. His works are famous for their vivid and strong colour choices as well as Nolde’s distinctive brushstrokes. 'In art I fight for unconscious creation,' he wrote to his friend Hans Fehr, reiterating elsewhere that 'the quicker a painting is done, the better it is' (Emil Nolde, Jahre der Kämpfe, Berlin, 1934, p. 95). With its striking palette and unconventionally low horizon, Landschaft mit hohem Himmel und roten Wolken is an excellent example of the artist's spontaneous technique. Created in the 1930s, the near-abstract colour planes softly blending into one another almost anticipate Mark Rothko's abstract expressionism of the following decades.