Paula Modersohn-Becker
1876 – 1907 · aged 31
German expressionist painter (1876–1907)
- Born
- 8 Feb 1876 · Dresden
- Died
- 20 Nov 1907 · Worpswede
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- 8 Feb 1876BornBorn in Dresden
- 20 Nov 1907DiedDied in Worpswede
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- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
Biography
Paula Modersohn-Becker (8 February 1876 – 20 November 1907) was a German Expressionist painter and draftswoman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is noted for the many self-portraits, including nudes. She is considered one of the most important representatives of early expressionism, producing more than 700 paintings and over 1000 drawings during her active painting life. She is recognized both as the first known woman painter to paint nude self-portraits, and the first woman to have a museum devoted exclusively to her art (the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, founded 1927). Additionally, she is believed to be the first woman artist to depict herself pregnant.
Her career was cut short when she died from postpartum pulmonary embolism at the age of 31.
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