Museum Würth 2

Exhibition Preview for the main exhibition space

Emil Nolde - World and Home.
Würth Collection and works on loan from the Nolde Foundation Seebüll

Museum Würth 2, Künzelsau

from April 7, 2025 to September 28, 2025

10 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily

Admission free

 

Home is more than just a geographical location, home is a feeling. The term stands for one's own identity. What does the artist's view of the world and home tell us and what significance does home have today?

 

Emil Nolde was deeply influenced by his home in the German-Danish border region. Dramatic landscapes, stirring seascapes and luminous flower paintings became his trademark.

 

The artist broadened his vision by traveling, for example to Italy, England, France, Scandinavia, Spain and Switzerland. The famous "South Seas Journey" takes the Nolde couple via Moscow, Siberia, Korea, Japan and China to the "German protectorates" of German New Guinea. Nolde captured the landscapes, seas and flowers as well as the people he encountered in his impressive works. His experiences enriched his view of his homeland in a lasting way.

Gallery

A dark blue sky with turbulent clouds is reflected on the surface of the sea, with a dark strip of coastline in the background.

Emil Nolde, Wolkenspiegelung, 1913, Sammlung Würth Inv. 5017 © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

Several bright red poppy blossoms rise into the sky and seem to cross the blue sky until they reach the white cloud layer.

Emil Nolde, Großer Mohn (rot, rot, rot), 1942, Nolde Stiftung Seebüll © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

Würth Collection