Emil Nolde - Welt und Heimat, Museum Würth 2, Künzelsau © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll 2025

Current Exhibition

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

Photo of a woman in front of the initial work of the Würth Collection: Emil Nolde, Cloud Reflection in the Marsh, around 1935, Würth Collection Inv. 3

Emil Nolde, Wolkenspiegelung in der Marsch, um 1935, Sammlung Würth Inv. 3 © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll 2025. Photo: Ufuk Arslan

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” / Reflection of Clouds, 1913, Oil on canvas, 86 x 100 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 5017 © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll 2025; Photo: Volker Naumann

A woman sits on one of several park benches in the Belvedere of Museum Würth 2. Behind her is a large photo of the garden 'Seebüllchen in Spring' on the wall.

Seebüllchen im Frühling, Photo: © Magdalena Moeller, © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll 2025. Photo: Ufuk Arslan

A woman stands in front of three Artworks by Emil Nolde.

Von links nach rechts: Emil Nolde, "Harmonie A", 1946, Öl auf Leinwand ,73,5 x 88 cm, “Harmonie der Gegensätze B“, 1946, Öl auf Leinwand, 100 x 73,5 cm, “Harmonie C“, 1946, Öl auf Leinwand, 73 x 88,5 cm

Alle Werke: © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll 2025. Photo: Ufuk Arslan

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) / Large Poppies (Red, Red, Red), 1942, Oil on canvas, 73,5 x 89,5 cm Nolde Stiftung Seebüll © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll; Photo: Dirk Dunkelberg / Elke Walford

Brochure

Exhibition catalog

A catalog for this exhibition has been published by Swiridoff. The catalog can be purchased in our art shops or online. You can find additional details on the Swiridoff website.

Würth Collection