This project was most definitely a learning experience for me more than anything. I think the idea overall was good, I love the look of faded images in the background that still gave information which is what I tried to do with the years. Unfortunately the end result didn’t end up as well as I would have liked it. Although I made a sketch and drafted it out, water colour ended up being my worst enemy. The main thing I took away from this project is to not only draft out the concept but test to see if the medium would go well with the concept.
Modersohn-Becker, Paula: Self-Portrait on Her Sixth Wedding Anniversary (1906)
Paula Modersohn-Becker was born on February 8, 1876 into a German family that valued art and culture. Because of this, she was enrolled into a school dedicated to art at the age of 16 where she developed a full interest towards art. Her dedication to art didn’t stop there as she went on to further her education in Paris in the early 1900s where she developed a passion towards nude figure painting.
Self-Portrait with Two Flowers in Her Raised Left Hand(1907)
Reclining Mother and Child (1906)
She was then unhappily married in Worpswede which drew her towards advancing her artistic career as a way to escape with a heavy longing to go back to Paris. She eventually couldn’t handle it anymore and she ran away without notice in the middle of the night to live out her dreams which complicated things further with Otto, her husband. They had an incredibly unstable relationship as Otto refused to let her go even when she was thriving in Paris with her art career during this time. He moved in with her and got her pregnant which sadly resulted in her death 18 days after giving birth. I find her story to be quite inspiring as she stopped at nothing to pursue her love for art.
