National Gallery of Ireland
14 February - 10 June 2018
The German Expressionist artist Emil Nolde was a prolific painter and printmaker. This exhibition, a collaboration between the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Ireland, will present a bold and colourful survey of his paintings, drawings, etchings, and woodcuts. Included will be scenes of Berlin café culture, calligraphic views of the River Elbe, brilliant studies made on travels to the South Seas, as well as portraits, flower paintings, and imaginative depictions of fantastical creatures in both oils and watercolours.
All works are on loan from the Nolde Foundation Seebüll, Germany.
Curator: Janet McLean and Sean Rainbird, National Gallery of Ireland, with Keith Hartley, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Emil Nolde (1867-1956), 'Two Women in a Garden', 1915. Copyright the artist's estate
The German Expressionist artist Emil Nolde was a prolific painter and printmaker. This exhibition, a collaboration between the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Ireland, will present a bold and colourful survey of his paintings, drawings, etchings, and woodcuts. Included will be scenes of Berlin café culture, calligraphic views of the River Elbe, brilliant studies made on travels to the South Seas, as well as portraits, flower paintings, and imaginative depictions of fantastical creatures in both oils and watercolours.
Coastal Landscape Emil Nolde - Date unknown Nolde Foundation Seebüll - Neukirchen (Germany) PaintingThis exhibition will be the first to showcase the work of this important artist in Ireland for over fifty years.
Old Gardener Emil Nolde 1938-1945 Nolde Foundation Seebüll - Neukirchen ( Germany) Painting
All works are on loan from the Nolde Foundation Seebüll, Germany.
Curator: Janet McLean and Sean Rainbird, National Gallery of Ireland, with Keith Hartley, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Martyrdom I (left panel of triptych) Emil Nolde - 1921 Nolde Foundation Seebüll - Neukirchen (Germany) Painting - oil on canvas
Emil Nolde, Monastery on the Etna Mount, 1905 © Nolde Foundation Seebüll
Emil Nolde, Tropical Sun, 1914 © Nolde Foundation Seebüll.