German expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker
Girl with a cat, 1905. Painting by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
German expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker for her short life has created 750 paintings, 13 etchings, 1,000 drawings, which absorbed the main areas of art at the beginning of the XX century. She died at the age of 31, nineteen days after the childbirth. Paula Modersohn-Becker was the first female painter to paint female nudes. Paula Becker was born February 8, 1876 in Dresden-Friedrichstadt where she grew up in cultured and intellectual household environment. She was the third child of seven children in her family. Her father was the son of a Russian university professor, he spoke Russian, knew French and English; her mother was from an aristocratic family. Visual arts, literature and music occupied an important place in the education of children. Paula, along with her brothers and sisters learned to play the piano.
Girl in the garden with a glass ball (Elsbeth). Approx. 1901-1902. Private collection. Painting by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
Girl with a cat in the birch forest. 1904-1905. Painting by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
Girl with rabbit, 1905. Painting by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
Self-Portrait with Camellia twig. 1907 Museum Folkwang. Essen. Painting by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
Still Life with lemon, orange and tomato. Approx. 1906-1907. private collection. Painting by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
Still life with potted plant, lemon and orange. 1906 Private collection. Painting by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
The breakfast table. 1905. Painting by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
The Good Samaritan. Painting by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
The head of a little girl (Elsbeth). 1902 Private collection. Painting by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
Worswede landscape. Oil tempera on paper. Approx. 1900 Museum of Ludwig. Cologne. Painting by German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker
