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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 909,445 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Paula Modersohn-Becker is the 414th most popular painter (down from 362nd in 2019), the 1,184th most popular biography from Germany (down from 974th in 2019) and the 37th 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 414 out of 1,421. Before her are John Tenniel, Wilhelm Busch, Jules Chéret, Giovanni Segantini, Cristofano Allori, and Cosimo Tura. After her are Albert Marquet, Lorenzo Costa, André Lhote, Maud Lewis, Alessandro Allori, and Hans Makart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Paula Modersohn-Becker ranks 42. Before her are Wied, Prince of Albania, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Robert Michels, Natalie Clifford Barney, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, and Ivan Cankar. After her are Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ziya Gökalp, Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, A. L. Kroeber, Ivan Bilibin, and August Sander. Among people deceased in 1907, Paula Modersohn-Becker ranks 23. Before her are Jean Casimir-Perier, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Kato Svanidze, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, William Henry Perkin, and Ilia Chavchavadze. After her are Carola of Vasa, Henry Steel Olcott, Qiu Jin, Léo Taxil, Kurmanjan Datka, and Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paula Modersohn-Becker ranks 1,184 out of 6,142. Before her are Henry Suso (1295), Nena (1960), Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666), Wilhelm Busch (1832), Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690), and Ernst-Günther Schenck (1904). After her are August von Wassermann (1866), Hermann Graf (1912), Ernst Lindemann (1894), Georg Böhm (1661), Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907), and Max Amann (1891).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Paula Modersohn-Becker ranks 37. Before her are Gabriele Münter (1877), Adam Elsheimer (1578), Georg Baselitz (1938), Konrad Witz (1400), Max Klinger (1857), and Wilhelm Busch (1832). After her are Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884), Erich Heckel (1883), Heinz Linge (1913), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), Anselm Feuerbach (1829), and Hans Burgkmair (1473).

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