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Artists›Paula Modersohn-Becker

Paula Modersohn-Becker

1876–1907

WA-00016988

PaintingExpressionismArt Nouveau

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ234370

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

Prints for Collectors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

No image

Art Nouveau

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

No image

German Art of the 20th Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957

No image

German Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1931

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (5)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/paula-modersohn-becker
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/paula-modersohn-becker
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4037
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/paula-modersohn-becker
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (31)

Self-Portrait with Two Flowers in Her Raised Left Hand

1907 · Oil on canvas

21 3/4 × 9 3/4" (55.2 × 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

The Woman with the Goose (Die Frau mit der Gans)

1902 · Etching with aquatint and roulette

plate: 4 13/16 × 6 3/4" (12.3 × 17.1 cm); sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 1/4" (20 × 26 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Old Factory

1900 · oil on paperboard

overall: 38.74 × 53.66 × 0.95 cm (15 1/4 × 21 1/8 × 3/8 in.) framed: 49.53 × 64.77 × 6.35 cm (19 1/2 × 25 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Fruit Tree in Bloom

1900 · charcoal on blue laid paper

overall: 26.3 x 31.6 cm (10 3/8 x 12 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

WattsOS

Seven Trees

1900 · Charcoal on paper

8 5/8 × 11 3/4 in. (21.9 × 29.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Still-Life with a Green Flower Vase

1900 · Oil on brown wood pulp board, varnished

37.7 × 29.1 cm (14 7/8 × 11 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seven Trees

1900 · Charcoal on paper

8 5/8 × 11 3/4 in. (21.9 × 29.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Old Woman

1900 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Chalet

1899 · etching and aquatint in green-black on wove paper

plate: 14.3 x 11.2 cm (5 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.) sheet: 35 x 26.2 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Goosegirl

1899 · Etching and aquatint on cream laid Japanese paper

Image: 25.2 × 20.5 cm (9 15/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Plate: 25.9 × 21.2 cm (10 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.); Sheet: 35.6 × 29.7 cm (14 1/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman with Goose

1899 · Etching with aquatint and roulette in dark green on Japanese paper

Plate: 130 × 180 cm (51 3/16 × 70 7/8 in.); sheet: 21.5 × 27.7 cm (8 1/2 × 10 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Peasant Woman

1899 · Etching with aquatint in dark brown on Japanese paper

Plate: 10 × 14.1 cm (3 15/16 × 5 9/16 in.); sheet: 18 × 21.5 cm (7 1/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Blind Woman in the Forest

1899 · Etching and aquatint in dark green on Japanese paper

Plate: 16 × 14 cm (6 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.); sheet: 26.3 × 20.9 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Goose Girl (Die Gänsemagd)

1899 · Etching with aquatint

plate: 9 7/8 × 8" (25.1 × 20.3 cm); sheet: 14 13/16 × 12" (37.6 × 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sitting Girl Nude (Sitzender Mädchenakt)

1899 · Drypoint etching

plate: 7 1/2 × 5 7/8" (19 × 14.9 cm); sheet: 16 3/4 × 13 3/16" (42.6 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Two Peasant Girls (Zwei Bauernmädchen)

1899 · Etching with roulette

plate: 5 1/2 × 3 15/16" (14 × 10 cm); sheet: 8 1/2 × 7 3/16" (21.6 × 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bulthaupt Home with Reflection, Burgstall (Haus Bulthaupt mit Spiegelung, Burgstall)

1899 · Etching with aquatint

plate: 5 9/16 × 3 9/16" (14.2 × 9.1 cm); sheet: 14 × 10 3/16" (35.6 × 25.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seated Child (Sitzendes Kind)

1899 · Drypoint

plate: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4" (8.3 x 12 cm); sheet: 9 3/8 x 11 13/16" (23.8 x 30 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blind Woman in the Woods (Blinde Frau im Walde)

1899 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 6 5/16 x 5 1/2" (16 x 14 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 7/16" (44.8 x 31.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of a Peasant Woman (Bildnis einer Bäuerin)

1899 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 4 × 5 1/2" (10.1 × 14 cm); sheet: 10 3/4 × 13 1/8" (27.3 × 33.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seated Old Woman (Sitzende Alte)

1899 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 7 3/8 x 5 3/4" (18.8 x 14.6 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 x 8 3/8" (25.6 x 21.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seated Old Woman

1899 · Etching, aquatint, and soft ground in dark brown on cream wove paper

Plate: 18.6 × 14.5 cm (7 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 37.9 × 29.5 cm (14 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Half-Nude Woman Holding Her Hair Apart

1898 · charcoal with black and brown chalks on wove paper

overall: 76.3 x 42.7 cm (30 1/16 x 16 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Woman

1898 · charcoal and graphite on wove paper

overall: 34.4 x 49.1 cm (13 9/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (6)

31 published of 41 catalogued · 38 with image

MoMA
10 publishedof 20 catalogued18 img
Nga
9 published9 img
Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published2 img
The Met
2 published1 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Seated Female Nude (Self-Portrait?)
1894 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Oude vrouw en meisje treuren bij een waterput
1886 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Seated Old Woman
1900 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

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Movements2

Expressionism Art Nouveau

Collections6

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Prints for Collectors

New York · 1972

Group Exhibition Art Nouveau

New York · 1960

Group Exhibition German Art of the 20th Century

New York · 1957

Group Exhibition German Painting and Sculpture

New York · 1931