Paula Modersohn-Becker, Portrait of an Old Woman
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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).
1 Light yellow, upper right: zinc white, cadmium yellow, and viridian (not hydrated).
2 Light green, upper right: zinc white, viridian (not hydrated), and cadmium yellow.
3 Blue-violet, lower right: zinc white, artificial ultramarine, red ochre.
4 Violet, lower right: artificial ultramarine, zinc white, and red ochre.
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.
Pigments Used in This Painting
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.