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Nolde

American  
[nawl-duh] / ˈnɔl də /

noun

  1. Emil Emil Hansen, 1867–1956, German painter.


Nolde British  
/ ˈnɔldə /

noun

  1. Emil (ˈeːmiːl). 1867–1956, German painter and engraver, noted particularly for his violent use of colour and the primitive masklike quality of his figures

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“And Victor has ridden him a number of times and really knows the horse. He got him settled into a nice position and Nolde really has a nice turn of foot.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2019

Faass said the reassembled paintings – including works by Paul Klee, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein and Max Beckmann – have been displayed alongside the stories of those who loaned the works.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2018

The artwork recalls the thick-lined woodcuts of Danish-German printmaker Emil Nolde and the plot begins with a meeting in a side-of-the-road shack with a card-playing dire wolf, voiced by the Sting.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2018

William B. Nolde, the last American killed in action in the war, to Arlington National Cemetery.

From Time • Oct. 20, 2017

Nolde eorla hlēo     ǣnige þinga þone cwealm-cuman     cwicne forlǣtan, nē his līf-dagas     lēoda ǣnigum 142 795 nytte tealde.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)

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