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Contemporary ArtEMIL NOLDEMeeting gazes-early portraitsHatje CantzEdited by Brigitte ReinhardtTexts by Manfred Reuther, Brigitte Reinhardt & Tilman Osterworld176pp. 60 colour & 10 b/w illustrationsHardback. 25 x 29 cmEmil Nolde is regarded as one of the most noteworthy Expressionist painters. Portraits play a prominent role in the artist’soeuvre, particularly during his early creative period. During those years in which Nolde’s art developed to maturity, hispainting was enriched by an innovative power that inspired later artists well into the twentieth century. Some sixty of theunparalleled portraits completed by Nolde between 1903 and 1918 are presented and described in this book. These worksinclude the masterful self-portraits of 1916-1917, the famous double portrait Brother and Sister of 1918, and his portraitstyle images of people Nolde encountered while travelling in New Guinea in 1913-1914. The autonomy and immediacy ofEmil Nolde’s painting is particularly evident in his portraits. Fascinated by the obscure inner stirrings of human identity, theartist was challenged to develop an unusual, gestural mode of expression in his portraits. His painting style appears highlyinformal, as if emancipated from the object. Faces and human images have the look of original creationsEnglish & German textISBN 3775715460£ 29.9912