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Paula Modersohn-Becker

1876 - 1907

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Paula Modersohn-Becker (8 February 1876 – 20 November 1907) was a German Expressionist painter of the late 19th and early 20th century. She is noted for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits. She is considered one of the most important representatives of early expressionism, producing more than 700 paintings and over 1000 drawings during her active painting life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paula Modersohn-Becker has received more than 942,171 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Paula Modersohn-Becker is the 323rd most popular painter (up from 413th in 2019), the 885th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,184th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Painter.

Paula Modersohn-Becker was a German painter who was most famous for her self-portraits.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Paula Modersohn-Becker ranks 323 out of 2,023. Before her are Cosimo Tura, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Frans Snyders, Karl Bryullov, Carl Spitzweg, and Alexander Roslin. After her are Oda Krohg, Ary Scheffer, Francesco Primaticcio, Ludovico Carracci, Albert Marquet, and Léon Bonnat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Paula Modersohn-Becker ranks 33. Before her are Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Maxim Litvinov, Wilhelm Cuno, Kim Koo, Bruno Walter, and Sherwood Anderson. After her are John Macleod, Wied, Prince of Albania, Jean Webster, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1907, Paula Modersohn-Becker ranks 20. Before her are Asaph Hall, Joseph Joachim, Jean Casimir-Perier, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Kato Svanidze, and Princess Clémentine of Orléans. After her are Marcellin Berthelot, Ilia Chavchavadze, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Léo Taxil, Franz Sacher, and Qiu Jin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paula Modersohn-Becker ranks 885 out of 7,253. Before her are William II of Württemberg (1848), Andrew Wiles (1953), Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), Gotthard Kettler (1517), Eugen Dühring (1833), and Johannes Trithemius (1462). After her are Ernst Heinkel (1888), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), Florian Geyer (1490), Saloninus (242), Fritz Haarmann (1879), and Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Paula Modersohn-Becker ranks 26. Before her are Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Max Liebermann (1847), Gabriele Münter (1877), Max Beckmann (1884), Franz Stuck (1863), and Carl Spitzweg (1808). After her are Hendrik Goltzius (1558), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), Stefan Lochner (1410), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), and Oskar Schlemmer (1888).

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