Frau D.S.
1917
Medium
woodcut
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection
Accession Number
1977.70.4
Art Historical Context
**Emil Nolde's *Frau D.S.* (1917)** Step into the vibrant world of German Expressionism with Emil Nolde's striking woodcut *Frau D.S.*, created amid the turmoil of World War I. Nolde, a pioneering member of the Die Brücke group, channeled raw emotion through distorted forms and intense contrasts, rejecting academic realism for a deeply personal vision. This portrait, housed in the National Gallery of Art's Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection (Department CG-W), captures the era's psychological intensity, reflecting the artist's fascination with human expression during a time of global upheaval. ...
About the Artist
Emil Nolde
Emil Nolde, born Hans Emil Hansen on August 7, 1867, near the village of Nolde in what was then Prussian Schleswig (now Denmark), grew up on a farm amid devout Protestant Danish and Frisian peasant parents. The youngest of four brothers, he apprenticed as a woodcarver and illustrator in Flensburg from 1884 to 1891, working in furniture factories before studying at the School of Applied Arts in Kar...