Friday 4 August 2017

Paula Modersohn-Becker - part 4

Paula Modersohn-Becker with daughter Elspeth

Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) spent most of her childhood in Bremen, Germany, and decided to become a painter at a young age. After her education at a private painting and drawing school in Berlin, she continued her studies from 1898 at the artist’s colony Worpswede with Fritz Mackensen.

The human form is very much at the centre of Modersohn-Becker’s work; children, old women, and Worpsweder peasants inspired her to undertake portraiture.

For more information on Paula Modersohn-Becker see part 1. For earlier works by Modersohn-Becker, see parts 1-3 also.

This is part 4 of a 5-part post on the works of Paula Modersohn-Becker:



1905c Head of a Girl Sitting on a Chair
oil on board 26 x 21.2 cm

1905c Head of a Girl with Striped Hat
oil on canvas 24.4 x 21.6 cm
Kusthalle Bremen, Germany

1905c Little Boy and Girl in Flowered Hat
oil on cardboard 52.4 x 38 cm
Sammlung Sander, Berlin, Germany

1905c Mother with Baby at her Breast and Child in Landscape

1905c Old Peasant Woman with Hand on Forehead
oil on cardboard 53.6 x 38 cm
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany

1905c Portrait of a Girl
oil on canvas 41 x 33 cm
Von Der Hetdt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany

1905c Red House with Birch Tree
gouache on cardboard 26.7 x 38.2 cm
Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover, Germany

1905c Self-Portrait
oil on canvas 34.5 x 27.3 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1905c Sitting Female Nude to the Left
charcoal on brown paper 31.3 x 23.5 cm

1905c Standing Female Nude
oil on cardboard 72.3 x 31 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1905c Standing Female Nude, Arms Folded against her Breast
oil on canvas 81 x 45.8 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1905c Still Life with Gas Lamp
oil on canvas 70.5 x 58 cm
Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover, Germany

1905c Still Life with Pumpkin
oil on canvas 75 x 95 cm
Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany

1905c Still LIfe with Yellow Jug
oil on canvas 59.5 x 71.3 cm
Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover, Germany

1905c Still-life with Sugar Bowl and Hyacinth in a Glass
oil on cardboard 35.5 x 51.5 cm
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

1905c The Blind LIttle Sister
oil on cardboard 32.2 x 33.5 cm
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

1905c Two Women in the Garden with a Fountain study
chalk on blue paper 31.4 x 26.6 cm
Private Collection

1906 Head of a Girl
21 x 25 cm
Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt

1906 Kneeling and Standing Girls Nude, Poppies in the Background II
oil on canvas 106 x 56 cm

1906 Kneeling Mother with Child
oil-tempera on canvas 113 x 74 cm
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

1906 Kneeling Woman with a Bird
pastel 68.5 x 52.5 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1906 Lying Mother with Child
charcoal 21.5 x 31.3 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1906 Lying Mother with Child
charcoal 23 x 31.3 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1906 Nude Child with Stork
tempera on canvas 73 x 59 cm
 Lower Saxony State Museum, Hanover, Germany

1906 Otto Modersohn, Sleeping
oil on canvas
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1906 Portrait of Lee Hoetger with Flower
oil on canvas 55.3 x 33.2 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1906 Portrait of a Twelve-Year Old Italian Girl

1906 Portrait of an Italian Girl in a Red Dress
oil on board 34 x 30.3 cm

1906 Portrait of Martha Vogeler in front of a Winter Landscape
tempera on cardboard 54 x 47.3 cm
Private Collection

1906 Portrait of Rainer Maria Rilke
tempera on cardboard laid down on wood 32.3 x 25.4 cm
 Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen

1906 Portrait of Sisiter Herma with Artichoke Flower in her Raised Hand
oil on canvas 56.5 x 51 cm
Private Collection

1906 Reclining Mother with Child
oil on canvas 82.5 x 124.7 cm

1906 Reclining Mother with Child study
charcoal 23 x 31.3 cm
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

1906 Seated Mother with Child on her Lap
105.5 x 75 cm
Von Der Heydt Museum, Wuppetal, Gemany

1906 Self-Portrait
oil on cardboard 45.7 x 29.7 cm
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

1906 Self-Portrait on the Sixth Wedding Anniversary
tempera on cardboard laid down on plywood 101.8 x 70.2 cm
 Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1906 Self-Portrait
tempera on cardboard 62.2 x 48.2 cm
Ludwig Roselius Museum, Bremen

The above portrait appears to be based on this photograph of Modersohn-Becker:





1906 Self-Portrait Turned to the left with Her Hand at Her Chin
paper laid down on cardboard 29 x 19.5 cm

1906 Sitting Girl in White Shirt and Standing Nude Girl
oil on cardboard 95.5 x 63.6 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker MUseum, Bremen, Germany

1906 Standing Nude Girl
oil on canvas 135.6 x 50.8 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1906 Standing Nude Girl study
charcoal on paper 30.9 x 17.5 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1906 Still LIfe with Apples and green Glass
tempera on cardboard laid down on plywood 33.2 x 43 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1906 Still Life with Goldfish Bowl
oil on canvas 50.5 x 74 cm
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany

1906 Still-Life with Yellow Bowl and Earthenware Pitcher
oil on canvas 65.4 x 82.5 cm

1906 Two Girls in White and Blue Dresses
oil on board 53.3 x 35.6 cm
Milwaukee Art Mueum, Wisconsin

Wednesday 2 August 2017

Paula Modersohn-Becker - part 3

Paula Modersohn-Becker c1905

Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) spent most of her childhood in Bremen, Germany, and decided to become a painter at a young age. After her education at a private painting and drawing school in Berlin, she continued her studies from 1898 at the artist’s colony Worpswede with Fritz Mackensen.

The human form is very much at the centre of Modersohn-Becker’s work; children, old women, and Worpsweder peasants inspired her to undertake portraiture.

For more information on Paula Modersohn-Becker see part 1. For earlier works by Modersohn-Becker, see parts 1-2 also.

This is part 3 of a 5-part post on the works of Paula Modersohn-Becker:



1903 Five Children Sitting on the Edge of a Meadow
chalk 19.5 x 29.7 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1903 Girl in a Birch Forest
oil on cardboard 54.2 x 39.8 cm
Museum of FIne Arts, Ghent, Belgium

1903 Girl Resting on Birch Trunk

1903 Girl with Blue and White Chain in her Hair
oil on cardboard 48 x 42 cm
Von Der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany

1903 Head of an Old Woman with Black Scarf
oil on cardboard 39 x 37.5 cm
Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen, Germany

1903 Old Peasant Woman
oil on canvas
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany

1903 Portrait of Hedwig Hagemann
charcoal 23.5 x 34.5 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1903 Seated Peasant Woman with Child on Her Lap
oil on cardboard 61 x 49.5 cm

1903 Self-Portrait
charcoal and pastel 43.7 x 27 cm
Private Collection

1903 Woman with Straw Hat between Birches
oil on cardboard 74 x 52.5 cm
Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen, Germany

1903-04 Portrait of a Peasant Woman with a Hood
charcoal 19.7 x 19.7 cm

1903-04 Sitting Woman
charcoal 37.8 x 24.8 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1903c Birch Trunks with Swinging Child
tempera on paper laid down on board 54.8 x 42 cm
 Private Collection

1903c Boy with Cat
oil on canvas 70.4 x 45.2 cm
Kunstmuseum Basel

1903c Child in a Cradle
oil on cardboard 38 x 49.2 cm
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

1903c Children in the Sun
oil on cardboard 37 x 33 cm
Sammlung Rauert, Hamburg, Germany

1903c Head of a Peasant Woman in Profile
oil on cardboard 34 x 26 cm
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

1903c Head of a Peasant Woman
oil on cardboard 27 x 24.8 cm
Sammlung Sander, Berlin, Germany

1903c Infant with Mother's Hand
oil on canvas 31.3 x 26.7 cm
Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany

1903c Old Woman with Handkerchief
oil on cardboard 69 x 55 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1903c Peasant Woman with Child at Breast in front of Landscape
oil on canvas 69 x 58 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

1903c Seated Girl with Black Hat and Flower in her Hand
oil on canvas 69.8 x 44.8 cm

1903c Seated Old Peasant Woman
oil on canvas 81.8 x 65.5 cm
Kunstmuseum Basel

1903c Self-Portrait with Necklace
paper 38.5 x 25.5 cm
Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany

1903c Still LIfe with Lemon, Orange and Tomato
watercolour 17.3 x 26.5 cm
Private Collection

1904 Farm-woman with Child, Rider in the Background
oil on cardboard laid down on panel 69.6 x 55.6 cm
Private Collection

1904 Girl in a Birch Wood with a Cat
canvas 96 x 81.5 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1904 Sitting Nude Girl
oil on cardboard 32 x 26.5 cm
Private Collection

1904-05 Peasant Girl with Pink Apron
tempera on canvas 69 x 55 cm
Private Collection

1904-05 Worpsweder Peasant on a Chair
tempera on canvas 90 x 61 cm
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

1904-05c Two Girls Sitting in a Birch Forest
tempera on canvas 31.6 x 45.8 cm
Private Collection

1904c Portrait of a Girl in Profile next to a Birch Trunk
oil on cardboard 36.8 x 37.2 cm
Ahlers Collection, Germany

1904c Three Children with Goat in Birch Forest
 tempera on wood 57 x 46 cm
Galerie Cohrs-Zirus, Worpswede, Germany

1904c Two Peasant Girls with Trumpets
charcoal 41.2 x 28 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1905 Clara Rilke-Westhoff
52 x 36.8 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

1905 Clara Rilke-Westhoff
charcoal study 27.3 x 18.7 cm
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

1905 Girl with Rabbit
oil on cardboard 61 x 55.5 cm
Von Der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany

1905 Seated Old Woman
etching and aquatint
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1905 Still LIfe with Milk Pudding ( Breakfast )
tempera on Cardboard 55 x 71.8 cm
Sammlung Ludwig Roselius, Bremen, Germany

1905-06 Reclining Female Nude
oil on canvas 71.5 x 113 cm

1905-06c Still LIfe, Leaf Plant and Egg Cup
tempera on canvas 31 x 37.2 cm
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

1905c Girl at the Duck Pond
oil on cardboard 41.9 x 34.8
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany

1905c Girl in a Red Dress by a Tree Trunk
oil on canvas 56 x 58 cm
Sammlung Sander, Berlin, Germany

1905c Girl in a Red Dress emulsion ( probably oil, tempera and wax ) on composite board
Harvard Art Museums
© 2017 President and Fellows of Harvard College