Early Expressionism · Germany

Paula Modersohn-Becker

1876–1907 · Painter of the pregnant self-portrait

ExpressionismSelf-portraitsThe bodyPrimitivist form

The short version

In seven working years Modersohn-Becker moved from Worpswede naturalism to a raw, sculptural modernism, painting nude self-portraits of startling frankness.

Key works

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