Junge auf dem Weg unter Birken
1900
Paula Modersohn-Becker was a pioneer of early Expressionism, and you can see her breaking the rules here. Instead of a perfect portrait, she gives us a boy in a straw hat seemingly swallowed by the lush, deep greens of the countryside. The stark white birch trees frame him like nature's own curtains, while a distant figure works the field in the background. Painted around 1900 at the Worpswede artist colony, this piece shows her shifting away from strict realism toward the bold, simplified shapes that made her famous before her tragic early death at 31.
- Technique
- Oil paint
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