he also didnt have taste in art by the way. > when hitler came to power in 1933, nolde was 65 and established as one of the most successful artists of the weimar republic, celebrated as a pioneer of new german art. a swastika banner hung over his home near the danish border in 1933, and nolde joined the nazi party in 1934. he hoped to be appointed an official state artist and had many fans in the upper ranks of the national socialists. yet he also faced accusations that his work was alien to the people, and hitler hated it, describing him in 1933 as that pig nolde.
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