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Stormy Sea (Nolde)
1930 painting by Emil Nolde
Stormy Sea is a watercolor landscape painting by German painter Emil Nolde, executed in 1930. It has the dimensions of 34 by 45 cm.
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The painting is held in the collection of the Sprengel Museum, in Hanover, Germany.
Description
This piece has organic lines and there are many spots of bright colors, in particular blues and oranges.
There are two boats on the horizon and a steam boat off to the right side which is a nod to modernism and industrialization. The bright fiery orange on the horizon gives a sense of drama to the piece and the white color in the foreground shows the crests of the moving waves.
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The waves juxtaposed against the fiery horizon animate the painting, and the colors help to depict the tumultuous waves. The orange light in the sky imbues energy and excitement against the dark blue waters.
Nolde's technique
Watercolor was Nolde’s primary medium from the 1930s until his death.
The medium appealed to Nold