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Emil Nolde was a German Expressionist painter, who was also a part of Die Brücke a group of artists who are associated with the development of German Expressionism. Emile Nolde is famous for his oil and watercolor paintings of both landscape and religious subjects. His work was denounced by Hitler in World War two as degenerate art; Hitler condemned modern art and especially art by Jewish artists to be degenerate. He was heavily censored even though he was both a German man and a supporter of the Nazi party. During this time many of his works were removed for exhibitions at German museums and he was heavily censored by the Nazi party during the 1930’s and 1940’s. This led him to paint subjects that were not controversial such as flowers and landscapes. In the 1940’s he was prohibited by the Nazi party to paint so he started painting secret watercolors.