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Emil Nolde

1867 - 1956

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Emil Nolde (born Hans Emil Hansen; 7 August 1867 – 13 April 1956) was a German painter and printmaker. He was one of the first Expressionists, a member of Die Brücke, and was one of the first oil painting and watercolor painters of the early 20th century to explore color. He is known for his brushwork and expressive choice of colors. Golden yellows and deep reds appear frequently in his work, giving a luminous quality to otherwise somber tones. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Nolde is the 165th most popular painter (down from 149th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Germany (down from 339th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Painter.

Emil Nolde was a German painter who is most famous for his paintings of flowers.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Emil Nolde ranks 165 out of 2,023. Before him are Théodore Rousseau, Pinturicchio, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Fernando Botero, Carl Larsson, and Jan Matejko. After him are Otto Dix, Paul Delaroche, Umberto Boccioni, Jacob Jordaens, Tamara de Lempicka, and Theo van Gogh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Emil Nolde ranks 15. Before him are Luigi Pirandello, Louise, Princess Royal, Pierre Bonnard, Arturo Toscanini, John Galsworthy, and Käthe Kollwitz. After him are Johannes Fibiger, Arnold Bennett, Natsume Sōseki, Władysław Reymont, Maxime Weygand, and Prince Maximilian of Baden. Among people deceased in 1956, Emil Nolde ranks 12. Before him are Frederick Soddy, Konstantin von Neurath, Pietro Badoglio, Jules Rimet, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, and Babe Didrikson Zaharias. After him are Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Robert Walser, Bela Lugosi, Lucien Febvre, Risto Ryti, and Konstantin Päts.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Emil Nolde ranks 424 out of 7,253. Before him are Richard von Weizsäcker (1920), Karl Haushofer (1869), Alexander Grothendieck (1928), Karen Horney (1885), Christian III of Denmark (1503), and Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779). After him are Gerd Binnig (1947), Otto Dix (1891), Levi Strauss (1829), Manfred Eigen (1927), Sepp Maier (1944), and Ernst Abbe (1840).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Emil Nolde ranks 11. Before him are Max Ernst (1891), Hans Memling (1435), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Franz Marc (1880), and Albrecht Altdorfer (1480). After him are Otto Dix (1891), Anselm Kiefer (1945), Franz Stuck (1863), Gerhard Richter (1932), Hans von Aachen (1552), and Hans Baldung (1484).

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