Bibliograph

Paula Modersohn-Becker, the first modern woman artist, Diane Radycki

Type

Label

Paula Modersohn-Becker, the first modern woman artist, Diane Radycki

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

808316453

Responsibility statement

Diane Radycki

Sub title

the first modern woman artist

Summary

Considered one of the most important of the early German modernists, the painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876<U+2013>1907) challenged traditional representations of the female body in art. She was the first modern woman artist to paint herself nude, as well as mothers and children nude. She also created the first self-portrait while pregnant in the history of art. Modersohn-Becker painted the life she was living as a woman and artist and led the way for generations of women artists. Tragically, her life and career were cut short at age thirty-one, following complications from childbirth

Target audience

adult

Classification