At the end of the nineteenth century a group of German landscape painters settled in Worpswede near Bremen. In their endeavour to find a new source of inspiration for painting while surrounded by nature and the simple rustic life they resembled the artists at Latem. Paula Modersohn-Becker also worked in Worpswede from 1898 onwards. She is regarded as the most important member of the group and developed a simple, direct style that anticipated German Expressionism. Apart from numerous self-portraits, her preferred subject was the rural population around Worpswede. Girl in a Birch Forest is one of the many studies the artist made of figures set against a background of silver birch trees, the perfect symbol of spring and youth.
Artist | Paula Modersohn-BeckerRKD |
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Title | Girl in a Birch Forest |
Date | ca. 1903 |
Period | 20th century |
Location | GermanyTGN |
Collection | paintingsAAT |
Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
Inventory number | 1991-I |
Acquisition credit | bequest Lasnitzki, Tony Koksijde 1991-06-18 |
Current whereabouts | Work on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1991-I |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3907/manifest.json |