Eve, Emil Nolde
Emil Nolde
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Emil Nolde

Eve, 1910


Dimensions
106 x 41 cm
Inventory Number
2086
Acquisition
Acquired in 1961 as a gift from Dr. Fritz Hagemann; formerly Carl Hagemann Collection
Status
Not on display

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About the Work

In 1910, surrounded by “sun, happiness and floral splendour”, Emil Nolde painted Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. A little later, he cut up this picture of paradise and kept only the depiction of the primordial mother Eve. Unclothed, alone and somewhat lost, she stands in front of oversized flowers. Nolde combined his decidedly subjective interpretation of the biblical motif with allusions to prevailing themes of his time, such as the idealising view of foreign cultures and the motif of the (usually red-haired) femme fatale. Nolde achieved his breakthrough with the religious paintings he produced from 1909 onwards.

About the Acquisition

From 1900 onwards, the Frankfurt chemist and industrialist Carl Hagemann (1867‒1940) assembled one of the most important private collections of modern art. It included numerous paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints, especially by members of the artist group “Die Brücke”. After Carl Hagemann died in an accident during the Second World War, the then Städel director Ernst Holzinger arranged for Hagemann’s heirs to evacuate his collection with the museum’s collection. In gratitude, the family donated almost all of the works on paper to the Städel Museum in 1948. Further donations and permanent loans as well as purchases of paintings and watercolours from the Hagemann estate helped to compensate for the losses the museum had suffered in 1937 as part of the Nazi’s “Degenerate Art” campaign. Today, the Hagemann Collection forms the core of the Städel museum’s Expressionist collection.

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02.12.2024