In Expressionist movements some women fall just outside the defined movements but have a lot worth looking at. The first of these in Paula Modersohn-Becker. She belonged on and off to the Worpswede artist colony in Germany where she was involved with Otto whom she bore a child. Although she had always been encouraged to be an artist she was not given the same recognition as male artists and her untimely death leaves us with only early work of hers to consider in today's less sexist climate.The painting shown at right is the work of hers that I most admire. It is a self-portrait during her pregnancy. She has taken the female nude and reinterpreted it. Much more could be said on this subject, but for now I will leave you with just that.
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