Otto Modersohn (1865 - 1943) Germany
Watercolor on Paper
Measure 11 1/4"in H x 17"in W and 23 1/2"in H x 28 1/2"in W with frame

Name variants: Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Modersohn
Biography: Otto Modersohn first studied with Eugene Deckers at the Art Academy in Dusseldorf. In 1888 he moved to Karlsruhe, where Hermann Baisch was his teacher. Looking for the simplicity and intimacy of nature Modersohn visited with his fellow painter Fritz Mackensen for the first time the Lower Saxony village of Worpswede in 1889. Thus he laid the foundation for the artists' colony, to which other painters followed. In 1895, the artists successfully exhibited for the first time as a group in Bremen and Munich. In 1899 Modersohn left the group, because he felt restricted in his personal liberty. After the death of his second wife, the painter Paula Becker, he moved to Fischerhude, where he lived until his death. Modersohn's oeuvre is marked by the artists inward feeling for nature while focusing on simplicity, rejecting pathos and academicism. The Otto Modersohn Museum in Fischerhude was established in 1974 and expanded in 2011.

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