For the first time in France, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is dedicating an exhibition to the avant-garde painter Paula Modersohn-Becker. Though relatively unknown outside of her native Germany, Modersohn-Becker was renowned as one of the most important representatives of the expressionist movement, even as her career ended abruptly with her death at just 31.
Nearly a hundred paintings and drawings are featured, taking their inspiration from the colourful primitivism of Paul Gauguin, as well as excerpts from her correspondence and diaries. The collection reveals a rich and inspired oeuvre produced by a talented and fascinating young woman.
TRANSLATION: MARIA THOMAS