From 1938 until the end of World War II, Nolde created his so-called “unpainted pictures,” mainly small-format watercolors. In the postwar period, he repainted some of them in oil and also worked on a series of self-portraits. Nolde died on April 15, 1956, in Seebüll.

What happened Emil Nolde?

From 1938 until the end of World War II, Nolde created his so-called “unpainted pictures,” mainly small-format watercolors. In the postwar period, he repainted some of them in oil and also worked on a series of self-portraits. Nolde died on April 15, 1956, in Seebüll.

Why did Emil Nolde paint flowers?

After the end of National Socialist rule, when his ‘tied hands,’ as he wrote, were again ‘freed,’ he painted, inspired by the abundance of flowers in his garden, ‘at first a few garden pictures with large and glowing poppies in order to get accustomed to colors again.