I produce a form, an impression of light, a beauty of tones… - Emil Nolde

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I produce a form, an impression of light, a beauty of tones.. .The etchings are now full of life, an ecstasy, a dance, a gentle motion and fluctuation in tones.

Emil Nolde

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Emil Nolde (7 August 1867 – 13 April 1956) was a German painter. He was one of the first Expressionists and a short two years member of Die Brücke. He is considered to be one of the great watercolor painters of the 20th century.

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Alternative Names: Emile Nolde • Emil Hansen • Emile Hansen • Nolde • e. nolde • Hans Emil Hansen

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'The most perfect art was Greek art. Raphael is the greatest of all masters in painting'. Such were the doctrines of every art teacher only twenty or thirty years ago.

How glad I am to be almost alone as an artist among artists, with the whole swarm of artists somewhere else.

a written note of Nolde, 1903, on the island of Alsen; as quoted by , in Expressionism; Praeger Publishers, New York, 1973, p. 77

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