Despite the fact that Nolde was a member of the NSDAP-Nordschleswig and he openly supported the National Socialist politics and ideology, his work increasingly aroused the displeasure of the cultural politicians of the time.
Contrary to what he himself stated, there is no evidence of planned house searches to enforce the alleged ban on painting.
His NSDAP party friend and painter Otto Andreas Schreiber, among others, provided him with painting materials during this time.
With opaque white and tempera paint, he set accents, emphasized details and gave individual parts of the picture a special impact.
Like Manfred Reuther stated: "The influence of Nolde's work, especially that of the Unpainted Paintings, on art after 1945, extends with the same force to the artistic endeavors of the most recent present.