The Letters and Journals
Published on 30. June 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-8101-1644-3 (ISBN)
Description
Recognized today as one of the great modernist painters, Paula Modersohn-Becker was also a gifted writer, and her large body of letters and journals represent the story of her life. This volume presents the journals and every extant letter, each carefully annotated.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Annotated edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
46 b&w plates
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
844 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-1644-3 (9780810116443)
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Paula Modersohn-Becker (February 8, 1876 - November 21, 1907) was a German painter and one of the most important representatives of early expressionism. In a brief career, cut short by an embolism at the age of 31, she created a number of groundbreaking images of great intensity.
Günter Busch is the director of the Bremen Art Institute; Liselotte von Reinken is the former cultural editor of Radio Bremen; Arthur S. Wensinger is chairman of the Department of German Language and Literature at Wesleyan University. Carole Clew Hoey is a former newspaper reporter and administrator at Wesleyan University.