Detail from Emil Nolde's White Tree Trunks

One can't help wondering what Vincent van Gogh would have made of Emil Nolde's paintings. In 1888 Van Gogh wrote this to his brother, Theo:

"Who will there be to achieve for figure painting what Claude Monet has achieved for landscape? However, you must feel, as I do, that someone like that is on the way ... the painter of the future will be a colorist the like of which has never yet been seen. Manet was getting there but, as you know, the Impressionists have already made use of stronger color than Manet has."

(Quote source: Letter from Vincent van Gogh to his brother, Theo van Gogh, from Arles, c.4 May 1888.)

See Also:
• Palettes of the Masters: Monet
• Techniques of the Impressionists: What Colors are Shadows?
• The Judgement of Paris: Manet, Meissonier, and an Artistic Revolution