Biography

1876

Minna Hermine Paula Becker is born on 8 February in Dresden

1888

Moves to Bremen

1896

Begins one and a half year painting training

1898

Continues his studies in Berlin, then moves to Worpswede

1900

First trip to Paris

1901

Marries Otto Modersohn

1903 and 1905

Two further trips to Paris

1907

Daughter Mathilde is born on 2 November, only a short time later the artist dies of an embolism

Solo Exhibitions

A selection:

1920

Memorial exhibition in the Kunsthalle Bremen

1921/1922

‘III. exhibition, Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876-1907’ at the Flechtheim Gallery in Berlin

1936

Solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel

1983/1984

‘Paula Modersohn-Becker, Germany's Pioneer Modernist’ at the Galerie St. Etienne in New York

1997

‘Paula Modersohn-Becker 1876-1907, Retrospective’ at the Lenbachhaus in Munich

October 27, 2023 to February 25, 2024

"Ich werde noch etwas. Paula Modersohn-Becker in Hannover" at the Landesmuseum Hannover