Red-Haired Girl

Red-Haired Girl

Emil Nolde German, 1867–1956

Red-Haired Girl

1919

Emil Nolde's 'Red-Haired Girl' ('Rothaariges Mädchen', c. 1919) is a searing portrait by the German Expressionist: the sitter's flame-red hair and emerald ground are rendered in heavy, chalky strokes of saturated colour that are Nolde's signature. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.

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