1905
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Seated Old Woman is a 1905 by Paula Modersohn-Becker, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a woman sitting with her hands resting on her lap. She’s dressed in a long, dark cloak and a headscarf, and there’s a woven basket with a few onions or small roots at her feet. The background looks like a dim, textured wall with a small window showing a faint view of buildings outside. The artist used rough, scratchy lines that make the woman’s face and clothes look almost carved out of the page. It’s like the print was made by pressing ink into a rough surface. Next, check out Paula Modersohn-Becker to see how she worked with simple, direct images.
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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