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Girl in a Birch Forest, ca. 1903

  • oil paint, cardboard
  • 54.2 x 39.8 cm
  • Inv. 1991-I

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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
Dresden 1876 - Worpswede 1907
painters (artists)AAT

TitleGirl in a Birch Forest
Date ca. 1903
Period20th century
LocationGermanyTGN
CollectionpaintingsAAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number1991-I
Acquisition credit bequest
Lasnitzki, Tony
Koksijde
1991-06-18
Current whereaboutsWork on display
Permalinkhttps://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1991-I
IIIF Manifesthttps://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3907/manifest.json