1900
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Seated Old Woman is a 1900 ink by Paula Modersohn-Becker, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a woman sitting with her hands resting on her lap. She wears a long, dark dress and a headscarf, and there’s a woven basket of fruit at her feet. The background looks like a dim, cluttered room with shelves and a window. The artist used shading to show texture, especially in her clothes and hair. This was done with a technique called aquatint, which creates smooth tones. Next, look up etching to see how artists like this one make detailed prints.
Paula Modersohn-Becker (8 February 1876 – 20 November 1907) was a German Expressionist painter and draftswoman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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