Paula Modersohn-Becker, Portrait of an Old Woman

1907

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Overview

Medium: Oil and tempera
Support: Canvas
Size: 95 × 78 cm

Art period: Post-Expressionism

Museum Paula Modersohn-Becker, Bremen, Germany

Pigments

Pigment Analysis

The following pigment analysis is based on the work of Angelika Hoffmeister-Zur Nedden (1).

 

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1 Light yellow, upper right: zinc whitecadmium yellow, and viridian (not hydrated).
2 Light green, upper right: zinc white, viridian (not hydrated), and cadmium yellow.

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3 Blue-violet, lower right: zinc white, artificial ultramarine, red ochre.
4 Violet, lower right: artificial ultramarine, zinc white, and red ochre.

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References

(1)  Hoffmeister-zur Nedden, Angelica, Zur Maltechnik von Paula Modersohn-Becker (On the painting technique of Paula Modersohn-Becker), Zeitschrift für Kunsttechnologie und Konservierung Jahrgang 11 (1997), Heft 2, p. 286-300.

Resources

Videos

Video: 'Paula Modersohn Becker' by Tuen Tony Kwok

Video: 'Paula Modersohn Becker: A collection of 149 works (HD)' by LearnFromMasters

Publications and Websites

Publications

(1)  Hoffmeister-zur Nedden, Angelica, Zur Maltechnik von Paula Modersohn-Becker (On the painting technique of Paula Modersohn-Becker), Zeitschrift für Kunsttechnologie und Konservierung Jahrgang 11 (1997), Heft 2, p. 286-300.

(2) Simone Ewald und Wolfgang Werner, Paula Modersohn-Becker. Berlin-Worpswede-Paris, Exhibition catalog, Bremen 2014.

(3) John Colapinto, Paula Modersohn-Becker: Modern Painting’s Missing Piece, The New Yorker website, October 29, 2013.

(4) Paula Modersohn-Becker: Exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Art, 2015.

(5) Gustav Pauli, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kurt Wolff Verlag München, Zweite Auflage, year 1922.