Nolde/Kritik/Documenta: A Project by Documenta Archiv, Draiflessen Collection and Mischa Kuball

by Bill Sherman, Astrid Becker, Jens Kastner

Emil Nolde (1867- 1956) ranks among the best-known classic modernists. Contemporary perceptions of the artist and his oeuvre are informed by mythmaking as well as its deconstruction. After the Second World War, Nolde himself and art historians of the time portrayed him as a victim of Nazi persecution. More recent critics have drawn attention to his anti-Semitic views and his opportunism in his dealings with the Nazi authorities. With support from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3969120772
• ISBN13: 9783969120774
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: DCV
• Length: 220 Pages