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Emil Nolde

Emil Nolde

German-Danish, 1867–1956

WA-00014844

PaintingExpressionism

Representation

None documented

48

Institutional Exhibitions

117

Works in Collection

195

Assets Indexed

7

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ152788

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints: Proofs and Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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European Drawing Between the Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Drawing in Austria and Germany

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982

Field Verification (5 fields)

3 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityDuplicate Merge + Artsy· 85%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/emil-nolde
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/emil-nolde
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4327
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Emil Nolde yet.

Graph relationships

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (117)

Landscape

1938 · Watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

20.9 × 12.7 cm (8 1/4 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Old Men Speaking

Two Old Men Speaking

1938 · Watercolor and gouache on white wove Japanese paper

20.9 × 12.8 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1938 · Opaque watercolor with selectively applied glaze on paper

7 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (20.2 × 15.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Magicians (Zauberer)

Magicians (Zauberer)

1931 · Watercolor on paper

20 1/8 x 14 3/8" (51.1 x 36.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Amaryllis and Anemone (Amaryllis und Anemone)

Amaryllis and Anemone (Amaryllis und Anemone)

1930 · Watercolor on paper

13 3/4 x 18 3/8" (35 x 46.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Large Sunflowers

1928 · Oil on panel

28 7/8 × 34 7/8 in. (73.3 × 88.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mill by the Water (Mühle am Wasser)

Mill by the Water (Mühle am Wasser)

1926 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 23 5/8 x 31 5/16" (60 x 79.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 x 31 5/8" (63.5 x 80.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mill by the Water (Mühle am Wasser)

Mill by the Water (Mühle am Wasser)

1926 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 23 13/16 x 31 1/8" (60.5 x 79 cm); sheet (irreg.): 26 3/4 x 34" (68 x 86.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Fisherman's Children (Fischerkinder)

The Fisherman's Children (Fischerkinder)

1926 · Lithograph

composition: 25 1/4 x 31 5/8" (64.2 x 80.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 26 5/8 x 34 1/2" (67.6 x 87.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mill by the Water (Mühle am Wasser)

Mill by the Water (Mühle am Wasser)

1926 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 25 3/16 x 32" (64 x 81.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 26 3/4 x 33 9/16" (68 x 85.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Elderly Men (Ältere Herren) from Das graphische Werk von Emil Nolde 1920-1925

Elderly Men (Ältere Herren) from Das graphische Werk von Emil Nolde 1920-1925

1926 · Lithograph

composition: 6 3/8 x 4 5/16" (16.2 x 11 cm); sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 5/16" (24.5 x 18.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mythical Creatures (Fabelwesen) from Das graphische Werk von Emil Nolde 1910-1925

Mythical Creatures (Fabelwesen) from Das graphische Werk von Emil Nolde 1910-1925

1926 · Lithograph

composition: 6 3/8 x 4 5/16" (16.2 x 11 cm); sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 5/16" (24.5 x 18.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

.1 Elderly Men .2 Mythical Creatures

1926 · Two lithographs

composition (each): 6 3/8 x 4 5/16" (16.2 x 11 cm); sheet (each): 9 7/16 x 7 5/16" (24 x 18.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

SCHIEFLER: DAS GRAPHISCHE WERK EMIL NOLDES BIS 1910

Museum of Modern Art

Phantoms (Erscheinungen)

Phantoms (Erscheinungen)

1922 · Etching and tonal etching

plate: 12 11/16 x 9 13/16" (32.3 x 24.9 cm); sheet: 19 x 13 7/8" (48.3 x 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Doctors (Doktoren)

Doctors (Doktoren)

1922 · Woodcut

composition (irreg.): 20 1/4 x 28 3/16" (51.4 x 71.6 cm); sheet: 25 7/8 x 33 3/16" (65.8 x 84.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Surf (Brandung)

Surf (Brandung)

1922 · Etching and tonal etching

plate: 12 3/4 x 9 11/16" (32.4 x 24.6 cm); sheet: 24 7/8 x 17 13/16" (63.2 x 45.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Woman's Head

1920 · Watercolor, with brush and black ink, and touches of gouache, on cream Japanese paper

35.4 × 28.2 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gypsy Girl (Zigeunermädchen)

Gypsy Girl (Zigeunermädchen)

1920 · Watercolor on paper

18 1/2 x 13 3/4" (47 x 34.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Red-Haired Girl

Red-Haired Girl

1919 · Oil on canvas

65.4 × 40 cm (25 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death as a Dancer

Death as a Dancer

1918 · Etching and aquatint on white wove paper

Plate: 20.9 × 26.3 cm (8 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 41.8 × 45.3 cm (16 1/2 × 17 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rich Farmers (Grossbauern)

Rich Farmers (Grossbauern)

1918 · Etching and tonal etching

plate: 8 13/16 x 12" (22.4 x 30.5 cm); sheet: 24 x 17 11/16" (61 x 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Young Prince and Dancers (Junger Fürst und Tänzerinnen)

Young Prince and Dancers (Junger Fürst und Tänzerinnen)

1918 · Etching and tonal etching

plate: 10 3/8 x 8 9/16" (26.3 x 21.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 x 14 1/8" (48.3 x 35.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Slaves (Sklaven)

Slaves (Sklaven)

1918 · Etching and tonal etching

plate: 12 3/8 x 8 1/16" (31.4 x 20.4 cm); sheet: 19 3/16 x 13 7/8" (48.7 x 35.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

117 published of 193 catalogued · 186 with image

MoMA
76 publishedof 152 catalogued148 img
Art Institute Chicago
38 published38 img
The Met
3 published

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Red-Haired Girl (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

7

Movements1

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Christie's Phillips

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Phillips	Feb 2026	$2,500 – $3,500	Unsold