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Emil Nolde: career timeline

German · 1867–1956 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 866 of 1,032 lots (84% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Emil Nolde: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1890s88$8kSign upDrawing
1900s148133$13.8kSign upEtching
1910s295262$20.6kSign upEtching
1920s172156$84.2kSign upWatercolor
1930s162155$115kSign upWatercolor
1940s4645$126kSign upWatercolor
1950s2320$89.2kSign upWatercolor

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1890s 8 works

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8 of 8
Median
$8kSign up
Average
$21.6kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 9.5 in (29 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (3), Oil (2), Drypoint (2)
Subjects
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1900s 148 works

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133 of 148
Median
$13.8kSign up
Average
$75.1kSign up
Typical size
12 × 9.5 in (30 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Etching (45), Lithograph (32), Watercolor (19)
Subjects
Birds (2), Landscapes (2), Harbours & ports (1)
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…and 124 more works from this group in the full results list.

1910s 295 works

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262 of 295
Median
$20.6kSign up
Average
$92.8kSign up
Typical size
12 × 12 in (30 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Etching (79), Watercolor (78), Woodcut / linocut (57)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (16), Landscapes (4), Rivers & marshes (2)
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…and 271 more works from this group in the full results list.

1920s 172 works

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156 of 172
Median
$84.2kSign up
Average
$160kSign up
Typical size
14 × 18 in (35 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (111), Lithograph (24), Etching (16)
Subjects
Landscapes (9), Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (1)
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…and 148 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 162 works

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155 of 162
Median
$115kSign up
Average
$171kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 13.5 in (34 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (150), Oil (6), Woodcut / linocut (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (4), Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 138 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 46 works

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45 of 46
Median
$126kSign up
Average
$314kSign up
Typical size
9 × 10.5 in (23 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (40), Oil (6)
Subjects
—
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…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 23 works

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20 of 23
Median
$89.2kSign up
Average
$234kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 18 in (35 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (21), Oil (2)
Subjects
—
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Creation date not recorded

163 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 1990s 1 work

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0 of 1
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—
Average
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Typical size
19.5 × 14 in (50 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Other (1)
Subjects
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Undated, sold in the 2000s 87 works

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87 of 87
Median
$63.3kSign up
Average
$118kSign up
Typical size
13 × 13 in (33 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (53), Etching (17), Lithograph (7)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3), Birds (2), Landscapes (2)
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…and 75 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 49 works

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46 of 49
Median
$96.1kSign up
Average
$108kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 13 in (35 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (43), Etching (2), Other (2)
Subjects
Boats (2), Figures & portraits (2), Sunsets & night (1)
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…and 37 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 26 works

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25 of 26
Median
$55.2kSign up
Average
$73.9kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 18 in (35 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (19), Other (7)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Emil Nolde auction results →