Two Girls in Front of Birch Trees
- Date
- c.1905
- Material
- Oil on artist board
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 215
- Dimensions
- 21 3/4 × 13 7/8 in. (55.2 × 35.2 cm)
framed: 28 7/8 × 21 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (73.3 × 53.8 × 7 cm) - Credit Line
- Bequest of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 914:1983
NOTES
Two girls with striking green eyes stand within a wooded area. Paula Modersohn-Becker developed a deliberately straightforward style of flat color and strong outlines that reflects her awareness of avant-garde French painters. Modersohn-Becker was a prominent figure within a rural colony of artists at Worpswede in northern Germany, and produced work with a deep sympathy for the local peasantry. She died young in childbirth.
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