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.

Briefwechsel mit Rainer Maria Rilke§Die Malerin Paula Modersohn-Becker und den Dichter Rainer Maria Rilke verband eine von Spannungen nicht freie Freundschaft. Ihr Einander-Verstehen und -Mißverstehen und Rilkes erst postum ausgesprochene Hochachtung für das Werk der Freundin haben vielfach Anlaß zu Spekulationen gegeben, bis hin zu einer vermuteten Liebesbeziehung. Ihr hier erstmals zum Dialog zusammengeführter Briefwechsel zeigt sie als verletzliche, seelenverwandte junge Menschen, die am Beginn der Moderne in Deutschland über das Persönliche hinaus die Suche nach einem eigenen...

Paula Modersohn-Becker. A few weeks after the death of Paula Modersohn-Becker, her artist-friends sorted through her extensive estate. They were surprised and overwhelmed as they gradually discovered that the painter who had lived in their midst until her untimely death had been an exceptional artist. Paula Modersohn-Becker, who received very little recognition during her lifetime, is now considered to have been a trailblazer of Expressionism, whose life and work reflect the beginnings of the century of the avant-garde.