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Self-portrait by Paula Modersohn-Becker

Self-portrait

Paula Modersohn-Becker · 1897

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Artist
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Date
1897
Location
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum
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THE ARTIST

Paula Modersohn-Becker

Paula Modersohn-Becker, an early German Expressionist, broke artistic conventions by being the first known woman to paint nude self-portraits.

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