Self-Portrait as a Half-Length Nude with Amber Necklace II
1906
Paula Modersohn-Becker broke all the rules in 1906 by painting herself completely nude, a radical and controversial act for a female artist of her time. Surrounded by a dreamy, stylized blue garden filled with fluttering butterflies, she gazes out with a knowing, almost mischievous smile while clutching a tiny pink flower to her chest. As a fearless pioneer of early Expressionism, she ditched stiff, realistic proportions for bold, emotional shapes, forever changing how women could portray their own bodies on canvas.
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