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The book, its title a reference to a characterization that his artist friend Paul Klee bestowed on Nolde, is published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Emil Nolde' at Zentrum Paul Klee and includes, in addition to the illustrations of the works on show, the first ever publication of correspondence between the Nolde and Klee couples. Any encounter with the unknown seemed to always inspire Emil Nolde's artistic work. In his oeuvre there are great number references to the grotesque, the fantastic and the exotic - a fascination he shared with Paul Klee. Grotesques enabled both to critically…

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29 editions · 5 languages
  • Other · English · 1988
    Penn State · 46 pages · 9780911209334
  • Other · English · 1976
    Fischer Fine Art Limited · 24 pages · 9780904867084
  • Hardcover · German · 2005
    Hatje Cantz Publishers · 160 pages · 9783775715461
  • Other · Norwegian · 2012
    Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design · 140 pages · 9788281540699
  • Other · French · 2008
    Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte Croix · 163 pages · 9782913981355
  • Other · Italian · 1994
    Museo d'arte moderna · 312 pages · 9788843547746
Watercolor painting, GermanReligion in artArt collectionsExhibitionDrawing, GermanCatalogsStiftung Seebüll Ada und Emil NoldeCriticism and interpretation