Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876 - 1907 )

The painter, Paula Becker, was born in Dresden on February 8, 1876. Her family moved to Bremen in her infancy. She attended a teacher training institution but simultaneously took lessons in art. From that point on she would study art and paint in Bremen, London, Berlin and Paris. In 1898 she resettled to Worpswede where she would study and paint for the remainder of her life. In 1901 she married the landscape artist, Otto Modersohn. A daughter, Tille, was born in 1907. Paula Modersohn-Becker died of a heart condition only weeks after the birth of her daughter.

Modersohn-Becker created about 1, 000 drawings and 750 paintings during her short lifetime. Her early work is in the style of naturalism. Later she was influenced by van Gogh, Cézanne and Gauguin and developed a personal style after those influences which may be described as a proto-expressionism.

Die Malerin Paula Modersohn-Beckerwurde am 8. Februar 1876 inDresden geboren und starbam 30. November 1907 in Worpswede. Sie führte den Stil des französischen Spätimpressionismusdes 19. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland ein. Bezeichnend für diesen Stil standenMaler wie z.B. PaulGauguin und Paul Cezanne. Als Student von Fritz Mackensohn wurde Modersohn-Becker Mitglied der WorpswedeSchule, einer Gruppe regionaler Artisten in der Nähe von Bremen. Ihre frühenWerke spiegeln ihre akademische Ausbildung wider und während einer bestimmten Periode ähneln sie denen von KätheKollwitz. Da Modersohn-BeckersKunstwerke überwiegend ihre inneren Gefühlewidergeben, wird sie regelmäßig als Expressionist bezeichnet.