Think Draw - Picture - Animal Nolde

Title: Animal Nolde - for SCLB again
created on 26 Jun 12

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Comments on this picture (52):
1. KJLavigne wrote: I love the allusion to scenery with the face of the wind in the upper right middle.
2. Hazer wrote: Love the rich colors in this one!
3. Lolla wrote: As a chicken farmer myself I immediately spot 16 little eyes looking at me from a beautiful picture.
4. chelydra wrote: sixteen!? damn, the Nolde painting I was looking at had 19, I must have covered over a few.
5. chelydra wrote: i draw this on a dark screen - that is, a laptop with the screen at an angle that makes it all quite dark... it makes a lot more sense when the deep colors blend together. Tilt your screen to get the right effect.
6. chelydra wrote: A lot of Nolde's work has dated very badly in my rarely-humble opinion, but the late water color landscapes get better and better. There might be a political explanation for their power and honesty...
7. chelydra wrote: ...since Nolde was actually an early and enthusiastic Nazi, a member of the Danish branch from the 1920s, long before Hitler attracted a mass following. But then the Nazis, once in power, categorized him among the "Degenerate Artists" (mainly other German
8. chelydra wrote: ...Expressionists, many of whom, like Nolde, had believed their work was an affirmation of German national identity, a rejection of Italian and French styles from Renaissance to Impressionism...
9. chelydra wrote: ...and a revivial of the the German Gothic tradition that had been ridiculed by Germany's more sophisticated neighbors).
10. chelydra wrote: As a loyal long-time Nazi himself, Nolde was beside himself and wrote many emotional protest letters objecting to the "Degenerate" label on his work...
11. chelydra wrote: Goebbels was sympathetic to the Expressionists' art, but Hitler was not, and Nolde was ordered to never pick up a paintbrush again!
12. chelydra wrote: He was pretty elderly by then - about 15 yrs older than the other Expressionists - and he withdrew to a rural cottage near the Danish border, by the North Sea, and disobeyed...
13. chelydra wrote: ...he painted up a storm, but hid what he painted in case the Gestpo came to check up on him. I think we can assume that the experience of being rejected and attacked by the Nazis he had supported so loyally must have had a salutory effect on his soul and
14. chelydra wrote: ..on his art too. There's a born-again quality to these late landscapes, as if a so-so artist was suddenly catpulted into greatness, his eyes opened, his hand liberated, his heart cleansed.
15. chelydra wrote: That's how they look to me anyway. For all I know Nolde remained a hardcore Nazi in his beliefs regardless of his official status as a degenerate. He lived to about 80, died circa 1956, much honored in postwar Germany despite his tainted past.
16. golehto wrote: beautiful picture
17. chelydra wrote: thanks for rates and comments. I was so distracted by Lolla's chickens that I only just now noticed the very first comment, about the face of the wind! Hmm.
18. nancylee wrote: Wow - thank you for all of this. It is at least as informative as what I read (Wikpedia of course) and far more heartfelt (read Expressionistic.)
19. nancylee wrote: The picture is wonderful! And I see what you mean about tilting the screen!
20. chelydra wrote: Wikipedia doesn't allow "heartfelt" (nor any original or speculative thoughts) as I keep being told over there by the wikigestapo.
21. chelydra wrote: So now I write my wiki articles in secret and keep them hidden. I'd post a link to the Nolde picture I've been trying to copy but it makes mine look inept.
22. chelydra wrote: But here's a link to one of my better excecizes in wikiexpressionism... http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=Depth_perception&oldid=643 68731 - you'll guess which parts were mine.
23. chelydra wrote: exercizes, that was supposed to say.
24. lesley_gene wrote: Again, the info. is so educational, as I am such a novice in Art History. Thank you! This picture is so full of emotion and life. :)
25. chelydra wrote: ah, I think I've come across my true calling with the help of all you readers: Degenerate Encyclopedist!
26. scladybug wrote: OMG, I helped create a "monster" & the "beast" within has escaped, lol Creating is not only great for the one involved but even more exciting when it inspires others. Look what my pic did...hah hah hah.
27. scladybug wrote: Thank you for both your Nolde wonderful pics! Love both of them & maybe this one more because of the richness of the colors, hmm tough decision though! I was laughing when I saw them because I was all set to draw the same pic for you. You beat me to i
28. chelydra wrote: I was beginning to think your party was going to conclude with you ever showing up!
29. scladybug wrote: It. I may take a swipe at it in another color tone palette & alter it somewhat just for fun. Your's is way better than mine would ever be!
30. chelydra wrote: By all means do your own. Even it comes out lousy (I do plenty of lousy ones but usually have the discipline to trash them) it's a really good way to learn what makes a picture sing.
31. scladybug wrote: Oh, you are not only an "artist" but a "writer" too. I so admire your creative talent & all the info. on Nolde as well. So interesting to learn about his past.
32. scladybug wrote: My biggest dilemma is never quite knowing when to stop/or done with pic. I so often submit my pic & then notice so many things I would have done differently but now can't change.
33. scladybug wrote: It continues to be such a learning experience. Came so close to tossing "Scorching" pic many times. Forcing self to go beyond comfort zone with different styles. landscapes, portraits, etc.
34. scladybug wrote: The "party" is just beginning!!!
35. chelydra wrote: hooray!
36. Normal wrote: Enjoyed both your "Noldes" and your verbosity today. Your wiki experience, as Nolde's with Hitler, is much like that of Shostakovich vs Stalin, when at times he "wrote for the drawer."
37. marky wrote: great colour, and interesting story on Nolde's political inclinations,art seemed to play a big part on a personal level to some of the Nazi leaders,although a lot of the works are somewhat decadent,I've been studying that era for yrs,with many trips to Be
38. marky wrote: Berlin Munich etc studying archives etc, here's a link to show some of the artworks commisioned and owned by HITLER etc, scroll to bottom to change page and see the axis topics in culture and architecture etc.
39. marky wrote: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewfor um.php?f=44&sid=4348a9370715a10e c159d61e22ba7212 Regards marky
40. marky wrote: oops! link aint working, www.axis history forum should do it.
41. clorophilla wrote: Chelydra, may be your degeneraterd encyclopedic speculations will be honoured in a post-wiki era... intreresting pic and chelydrapedic story :-)
42. chelydra wrote: Hey Clor, your comments like your art keep getting better and better!
43. chelydra wrote: and thanks to all of you for an unusally lively and interesting dialogue. I wonder if 100 years from now, if anyone is around to write th cultural history of our times...
44. chelydra wrote: ...if ThinkDraw might be regarded as one of those odd little incubators of creative work and thought that end up having a huge influence far beyond their borders...
45. chelydra wrote: ...like New Orleans 1900-1910 (jazz), the hills of Jamaica 1930s (Rastafarians), or the little Greek settlements around the Mediterranean 600-550BC...
46. chelydra wrote: ...in which bunches of people just hang out together and share ideas and stuff, and let the ideas take form...
47. chelydra wrote: ..just doing what comes naturally but with a little more focus and momentum than most people in most places bother to sustain, and everyone doing their bit to keep it happening...
48. clorophilla wrote: The New Orleans of the web? I do like this idea!!!
49. ansara wrote: Home, sweet home....my childhood landscape! :)
50. hanging wrote: :)
51. mum23 wrote: Amazing atmosphere and colour, and another interesting art lesson!
52. puzzler wrote: Glorious colours!