Paula Modersohn Becker

Mother and Child 1906


Paula Modersohn Becker (German) 1879-1907 German painter who lived in a small village called Worpswede. There she took lessons from Fritz Mackensen, who along with other artists had retreated there in protest against the academy tradition.
She mad extended trips to Paris between 1900 and 1907, where she took courses at teh Ecole des Beaux Arts. She was influenced by Van Gogh, Gaugin and Cezanne. She had a child in novemebr 1907, but died about 3 weks later.