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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1876–1907 · German Empire
- Born
- 1876 · Dresden
- Died
- 1907 · Worpswede
18 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Paula Modersohn-Becker was a German Expressionist painter and draftswoman known for her self-portraits, including nudes. She is considered an important representative of early expressionism and is recognized for being the first known woman painter to paint nude self-portraits.
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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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Registered works
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In museum collections
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In gallery collections
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In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Paula Modersohn-Becker
Selected from 18 works by Paula Modersohn-Becker in the Collect24 Registry.
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Seated Female Nude (Self-Portrait?), c. 1899
charcoal with stumping
62.2 × 33.9 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-209729
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Seven Trees, ca. 1900–1902
Charcoal on paper
21.9 × 29.8 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-620269
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Old Factory, 1900
oil on paperboard
38.7 × 53.7 × 1 cm
National Gallery of Art
C24-102344
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Seated Old Woman, 1899
Etching, aquatint, and soft ground in dark brown on cream wove paper
18.6 × 14.5 cm
Art Institute of Chicago
C24-1111338
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Still-Life with a Green Flower Vase, c. 1902
Oil on brown wood pulp board, varnished
37.7 × 29.1 cm
Art Institute of Chicago
C24-201383
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Girl in a Red Dress, c. 1905
Emulsion (probably oil, tempera, and wax) on composite board
70.5 × 56.3 cm
Harvard Art Museums
C24-130982
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Kirche in Worpswede, 1900
Tempera auf Pappe
Kunsthalle Bremen
C24-212718
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Maulesel, 1902
Tempera auf Pappe
Kunsthalle Bremen
C24-212730
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Stillleben mit Robbia-Putto, 1905
Öl oder Tempera auf Leinwand
Kunsthalle Bremen
C24-219376
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Landschaft, 1900
Tempera auf Pappe
Kunsthalle Bremen
C24-212722
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Lanschaft, 1903
Öl auf Pappe
Kunsthalle Bremen
C24-213368
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Blind Woman in the Woods, 1899-1900
Etching and aquatint printed in green and black ink on cream wove paper
15.9 × 13.9 cm
Harvard Art Museums
C24-515417
Museums and collections
Where works by Paula Modersohn-Becker are registered
- Kunsthalle Bremen
Germany
10 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
3 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
2 works
- Bavarian State Painting Collections
Germany
1 work
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
1 work
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