A pioneering Expressionist Emil Nolde
whose is uniquely bold
Painting with artistic flair
simple & sana a care
The Swiss painter Emile Nolde*
used artistic licence 'til very old
Not of scenes too local
but in visions primitive&tropical
*https://www.wikiart.org/en/emil-nolde
Beckmann's 'secrets' whispered loud
In Nolde, 'the spiritual' bowed
Kirchner saw a 'vision'-
Kandinsky,'sounds' he could not see
As Klee painted 'poetry' *
Tribute to the Expressinists
* Example of Klee's
http://www.bestpriceart.com/painting/?pid=56406
With
his words
in his mouth
he soon found a
voice
Ekphrasis after the Prophet by Nolde
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