Round Dance

1909

Emil Nolde

Associated Names
Emil Nolde

Painter, German, 1867 - 1956

This is a painting of four children standing outdoors. Three children are on the left, standing in a circle and holding hands, while a fourth child stands slightly apart on the right, their hands on their head. The children all have pink skin and hair in shades of pale yellow and light brown, and they wear clothes including dresses with aprons in shades of red, purple, orange, pink, pale yellow, and pale green. They appear to wear colorful tights and dark shoes. The background features a blue sky, and the children stand on a patch of yellow ground with green grass in the distance. The brushstrokes are thick and short, creating a sense of movement, and the painting lacks fine details.
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On View

East Building Mezzanine, Gallery 217

Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Walther Beyer, Neubabelsberg, before 1928.[1] Conrad Doebbeke [1889-1954], Berlin. Widmer, Winterthur, Switzerland.[2] (Galerie Aenne Abels, Cologne). Mr. [1905-1991] and Mrs. Jaquelin H. Hume, San Francisco, in 1987. Arnold A. [1916-2014] and Joan R. [1919-2019] Saltzman, Sands Point, New York; gift 2020 to NGA.
[1] Martin Urban, Emil Nolde. Catalogue raisonne of the oil paintings. 2 vols. London, 1987: I:312.
[2] This could be Hans Widmer [1889-1939] or his son, Urs Widmer [b. 1927].

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1958

  • Emil Nolde, Kunsthaus Zurich, 1958, no. 9.

2001

  • German Expressionist Paintings from the Saltzman Family Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002.

2012

  • Emil Nolde, Galerie Thomas, Munich, 2012, unnumbered catalogue.

Wikidata ID

Q108686793

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