Emil Nolde
Subtitle: Vetter der Tiefe : mit der Korrespondenz Nolde-Klee = cousin of the depth : with the correspondence Nolde-Klee
By: herausgegeben von Nina Zimmer, Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Zentrum Paul Klee, und Christian Ring, Nolde Stiftung Seebüll ; mit Beiträgen von Nina Zimmer, Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Astrid Becker, Nora Lohner ; Übersetzung, Susie Hondl
Contributors: Zentrum Paul Klee
Publisher: Snoeck
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Köln
Language: ger; eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9783864422508
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Exhibitions; Correspondence; Grotesque in art; Artists
Other titles: Emil Nolde :; Vetter der Tiefe :; Cousin of the depth :
Description: The book, its title a reference to a characterization that his artist friend Paul Klee bestowed on Nolde, is published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Emil Nolde' at Zentrum Paul Klee and includes, in addition to the illustrations of the works on show, the first ever publication of correspondence between the Nolde and Klee couples. Any encounter with the unknown seemed to always inspire Emil Nolde's artistic work. In his oeuvre there are great number references to the grotesque, the fantastic and the exotic - a fascination he shared with Paul Klee. Grotesques enabled both to critically comment on contemporary events. Fantastic depictions in Nolde's work stem from the serious examination of the unknown and uncanny and, accordingly, take a central position in his work, while in Paul Klee's work, the realm of ghosts, demons and other hybrid beings as an exciting parallel world seems to rather serve a kind of edification. For Nolde as well as for Klee and many of their contemporaries, exotic motifs formed a new inspiring vocabulary of forms, which helped them transcend the restrictions of the European tradition. Exhibition: Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland (17.11.2018 - 03.03.2019).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland, November 17, 2018 - March 3, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.

In German and English.