Unpainted Pictures series

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The Unpainted Pictures series is a group of small, intensely colored watercolors by German Expressionist Emil Nolde, created in secret during the Nazi era when he was banned from painting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art series
watercolor series
artisticFeature expressive brushwork
simplified forms
strong color contrasts
artisticTechnique watercolor painting
associatedWith Emil Nolde’s painting ban
inner emigration of artists in Nazi Germany
colorCharacteristic intensely colored
conservationStatus held in museum and private collections
countryOfOrigin Germany
createdInSecret true
creator Emil Nolde
depicts emotional states
symbolic imagery
exhibitedPostwar true
genre Expressionist art
hasCreatorNationality German
historicalContext Degenerate Art campaign
surface form: Degenerate art campaign

Nazi cultural policy
influencedBy Expressionist color theory
Nolde’s religious convictions
languageOfTitle English
materialUsed paper
medium watercolor
movement Expressionism
surface form: German Expressionism
notableFor being produced despite a professional ban
symbolizing artistic resistance to Nazi repression
vivid use of color under repressive conditions
originalTitle Ungemalte Bilder
originalTitleLanguage German
placeOfProduction Germany
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productionPeriod Nazi era
productionPeriodEndApprox 1945
productionPeriodStartApprox 1938
reasonForSecrecy Nazi ban on Emil Nolde’s painting
relatedConcept art under dictatorship
cultural persecution in Nazi Germany
relatedWorkOfArtist religious paintings by Emil Nolde
seascapes by Emil Nolde
sizeCharacteristic small format
subjectMatter fantastical scenes
figures
landscapes
religious themes
timeOfNoldePaintingBanStart 1941

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Emil Nolde notableWork Unpainted Pictures series