Blaues Meer (Primary Title)
Blue Sea (Translation)

Emil Nolde, German, 1867 - 1956 (Artist)

1918
German
oil on canvas
Unframed: 22 × 27 1/2 in. (55.88 × 69.85 cm)
2009.254
Not on view
Nolde joined Die Brücke early in its history; however, his membership was tenuous and short-lived as he was more of a loner than a joiner. Brooding seascapes were one of Nolde’s specialties, and depicted here is the North Sea near Nolde’s familyfarm. The painting alludes to human presence amidst the turbulent sea and sky,with one vertical stroke of paint evoking the sail of a boat.
The Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection, Gift of the Estate of Anne R. Fischer
German Expressionism and France: From Van Gogh and Gauguin to the Blaue Reiter, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 8-September 14, 2014; Montreal Museum of FIne Arts, October 6, 2014-January 25, 2015

German expressionist art: Selections from the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. 13 January - 8 March 1987
Brandt, Frederick R., Eleanor M. Hight, Ashley Kistler, and Sabine Schultz. 1987. German expressionist art: the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. cat.192 , p. 63illus.64.
©artist or artist’s estate

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