2912 - Emil Nolde

Emil Nolde 1867 Nolde – 1956 Seebüll 8 Mountain Postcards. Circa 1897/1898 Color lithographs on postcard stock Eight artist’s postcards from the “Mountain Postcards” series. Color lithographs based on designs by Emil Nolde, some signed on the printing plate: E. Hansen. Various publishers, including F. Killinger, Zurich, and F. A. Prantl, Munich, as well as the printer’s mark Dr. E. Albert & Co., Munich. Motifs: “Finsteraarhorn, the Evil One,” “Jungfrau, Mönch, and Eiger,” “The Matterhorn Smiles,” “The Seven Electors at Lake Walen and the Alpenglow,” “Lyskamm, Known as the Man-Eater, and the Twins Castor and Pollux,” “Dufour and His Beautiful Donna Rosa,” “The Sweet Zuckerhüterl and the Wilde-Pfaff,” and “Cima della Pala and the Vezzana.” Four cards sent by mail, with stamps, postmarks, and handwritten messages; four cards unmailed. Some also have writing on the front; one card bears a handwritten date of 1902. Some pencil notes on the reverse. Signs of age, slightly stained. Unframed Height: approx. 9.5 cm each; width: 14.1 cm In 1892, Emil Nolde moved to St. Gallen, where he worked as a teacher of commercial and ornamental design drawing at the School of the Museum of Applied Arts. The proximity to the Alps fascinated him. He joined the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) and, among other peaks, climbed the Matterhorn. In his spare time, he created drawings of grotesquely personified Swiss mountain peaks, which he published as postcards while still using his birth name, Emil Hansen. The series proved to be a huge commercial success and enabled him to continue his artistic training beginning in 1898 and to devote himself to fine art from then on. Auction date: November 28, 2026 Approximate auction time: 11:55 a.m. CET