Modersohn-Becker
Americannoun
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In 1906, the German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker, who had recently left her husband to pursue a bohemian life in Paris, scandalized viewers with two portraits of herself wearing little more than a favorite amber necklace.
From New York Times • May 16, 2023
Eighteen days later, Modersohn-Becker died of a postpartum embolism.
From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2018
Although she sold only two works during her lifetime, Modersohn-Becker painted as if in a kind of delirium, even as she tried to reconcile family life with her fierce inner creative drive.
From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2018
His work is shown alongside an exhibition dedicated to the early expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2015
There are some gaps: nothing by Paula Modersohn-Becker, nothing but hasty trivia by Kirchner.
From Time Magazine Archive
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