Paula Modersohn-Becker

No other German artist of the Classical Modern era has achieved such a mythical status as Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907). 120 works from all phases of her creative output and thematic areas provide an overview of her independent and self-assured oeuvre, which helped establish her unique role as an early representative of the avant-garde in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, even before Expressionism. How and why did Paula Modersohn-Becker create iconic images that continue to touch and fascinate us today? The extraordinary radicalism of her attitude and her works, stylistic modernity, and almost photographic fragmentariness are evident in striking series and motifs, her individual approach to color and form, as well as her painting style. The range of her opulently presented oeuvre, created in just a short decade, spans from self-portraits, early nudes, portraits, child portraits, mother-and-child representations to depictions of peasants, still lifes, and landscapes, all of which impress with their timeless directness.