num_pages: 276
description: In 1908, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote "Requiem for a Friend" in memory of Paula Modersohn-Becker, the German painter who had profoundly affected him and who had died a year earlier. Although a great modern painter, Modersohn-Becker is remembered primarily as she is portrayed in Rilke's poem. Dear Friend looks at the relationship of two great artists whose often-strained friendship was extraordinary for both.
language: English
title: Dear Friend: Rainer Maria Rilke and Paula Modersohn-Becker
titlecomplete: Dear Friend: Rainer Maria Rilke and Paula Modersohn-Becker
genres: Art
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Northwestern University Press