Woodcut

Jestri by Emil Nolde.  The medium used was woodcut.  Thew woodcut print offers the artist a means of showing greater contrast with black and white.  The details of the persons face specially under the eye show an aging quality since they represent wrinkles.  Also the cheeks show depth by adding the black to show an impression. Emil Nolde is considered to be one of the first Expressionist.Hitler actually condemned all of Emil Nolde works since he deemed them to be degenerate art.  Degenerate art is defined as a term adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany to describe virtually all modern art.