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MODERSOHN-BECKER, Paula: Three Bathing Boys by the Canal

🖼 Three Bathing Boys by the Canal, 1901

Three nude boys sprawl beside water in loose, expressionistic brushwork, their bodies rendered with earthy, muted tones. Modersohn-Becker pioneers modern figure painting by rejecting academic precision for raw emotional immediacy and primitive forms.

The Story of Art
The Story of Art
E.H. Gombrich
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