Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Paula Modersohn-Becker: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Paula Becker
Born February 8, 1876 • Dresden • Germany
Died November 30, 1907 (aged 31) • Germany
Movement / Style Expressionism • Worpswede school

Photos

Self-Portrait with a Camellia, oil on canvas by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1907; in the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.
See All Images →
default image
Ludwig Meidner
German artist and writer
default image
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler
German artist
default image
Marianne Brandt
German painter, photographer and designer
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German artist
Nolde, Emil: Cows in the Lowland
Emil Nolde
German artist
default image
Max Beckmann
German painter
George Grosz.
George Grosz
German artist
Pechstein, Max: Sunlight
Max Pechstein
German artist
Heckel, Erich: Portrait of a Man
Erich Heckel
German artist
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Self-Portrait with Monocle
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
German artist
Hans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann
German painter
Rohlfs, Christian: Return of the Prodigal Son
Christian Rohlfs
German artist
“Parents of the Artist,” oil on canvas by Otto Dix, 1921; in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland
Otto Dix
German artist
Self-portrait, oil painting by Otto Müller, 1922; in the Klaus Gebhard Collection, Munich
Otto Müller
German painter
Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian painter and writer
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Norwegian artist
default image
Georges Rouault
French artist
default image
Chaim Soutine
French artist
Portrait of a Girl, oil painting by Alexey von Jawlensky, 1909; in the Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Alexey von Jawlensky
Russian painter
default image
John Marin
American artist

Related Quizzes

Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
Artists, Painters, & Architects
"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World?
Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
Ultimate Art Quiz
Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?