1957 Vintage Print Plate Emil Nolde Still Life Yellow Horse 1914 Städtisches

Description: "Still Life with Yellow Horse, 1914" Source: Emil Nolde, published in 1957 Description Title: "Nolde regarded his still life's as welcome opportunities to rest from the exertions imposed on him by his more purely imaginative creations. He painted a large number of them in 1914, in the months following his return from the South Seas. They no doubt helped him to regain his bearings. Studying this gem-like, mysterious work, we feel clearly that subtle pictorial problems have been attacked with concentrated energy, independently of concern for content. To be sure, the content and the magical aura of this painting are partly accounted for by the painter's direct contacts with exotic art and alien scenes. Something of his recent experiences is embodied in the colorful little Chinese idol, the yellow horse, and the tapestry figures from which a mysterious light emanates against the dark background. At the same time the theme goes back to earlier preoccupations. It falls in the series of masks that Nolde began to paint in 1911. It must be noted, however, that the anecdotal character and ghost-like expression of the earlier pictures have here given way to a quiet, meditative vision. The pattern of the tapestry takes us even further back. For all that it suggests the product of some ancient culture, Nolde had actually sketched it several years before, around 1904, and his wife had used it as a pattern for embroidery, while staying at the fisherman's house on Alsen. 'The variously colored yarn lay around her in the light. The fisherman's house was suddenly invested with magic. Every night when I came home, I went to the weaving loom, curious to see the inch or two more produced that day, and every time enough for a cushion or small rug had been finished, I was delighted.' (Years of Struggles, p. 36.) In this early work, the background figures represent creatures of fable, such as are to be found in Nolde's early prints. But in his ornamental treatment of color, his reduction of the forms to a simple flat pattern of abstract lines, Nolde anticipated the formal features of primitive art, al- though he did not begin to study it until some years later, in 1910 and 1911. In using his early sketch as background for this still life, he raises its formal features to a higher level. The evocative use of color, the abstract treatment of the ornamental pattern, and the close interlocking of the forms create an unrealistic pictorial space. In the austerely flat arrangement of the planes, this space is radiant with a light that is the picture's own, that has its source in color alone, and that has nothing in common with naturalistic light. It is the independence of the various pictorial elements-the flat space, color, light, and ornamental pattern that accounts for this work's powerful effect. It testifies to the consistency of Nolde's development. What had at first been a mere experiment in ornamentation now extends over the whole com- position and includes new realms of experience. The goal of the early formal efforts-the evocative picture has now been attained." Unique and distinctive. Suitable for framing. *All prints are book plates / pages that are professionally removed from an original published book or other type of publication. May have text and or illustrations on reverse side. Specifications:Stored in a dry, clean environment100% authentic - no photocopy or reproduction Approximate overall Dimensions: 12.75 x 9.5 inchesCondition: Very Good and well preserved. Light age toning and or occasional minor defects from how it was handled before it came to us may be present. Shipping & Handling + Payments & Returns: Free shipping We ship worldwideFast, 1 Day ShipmentAll items are protected inside a clear, acid-free resealable sleeve, shipped flat between two foam backing boards and marked Do Not Bend. 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