Modersohn-Becker, Paula (1876–1907)

German painter and graphic artist. She was a member of the artists' colony at Worpswede from 1898. She painted still lifes and scenes of peasant life, but is best-known for her self-portraits and portraits of mothers and children. In her concern with expressing inner emotions and her sensitive use of shape and colour (influenced by Gauguin and the Fauves), she anticipated German expressionism.