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MODERSOHN-BECKER, Paula: Girl\’s head in front of a window

🖼 Girl\’s head in front of a window, 1902
Bremen, Germany

Soft brushwork renders a young girl's contemplative profile against luminous window light, her simplified features suggesting inner depth. Modersohn-Becker pioneered modernist portraiture by prioritizing psychological presence over likeness, influencing expressionism's emotional directness.

The Story of Art
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E.H. Gombrich
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