Paula Modersohn-Becker: The Letters and Journals

by Paula Modersohn-Becker, Arthur S. Wensinger (Editor), Carole Clew Hoey (Translator)

One of the great modern painters, Paula Modersohn-Becker was also a gifted writer who left behind journals and a sizable correspondence. This edition includes every extant letter, all carefully annotated, and is illustrated with forty-six black-and-white plates.

Genres: Art

576 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1920

About the author

Paula Modersohn-Becker (8 February 1876 – 20 November 1907) was a German painter and one of the most important representatives of early expressionism. Her brief career was cut short when she died from embolism at the age of 31. She is recognized as the first known female painter to paint nude self-portraits. She was an important member of the artistic movement of modernism at the start of the twentieth century.

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