Helene Schröder
Who was the spouse of Otto Modersohn between Apr 1899 and Jun 1899?
Otto Modersohn Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Modersohn ( 22 February 1865 , Soest – 10 March 1943 , Rotenburg ) was a German landscape painter . He was a co-founder of the Art Colony at Worpswede . Life . In 1884 , he began his studies at the Art Academy of Düsseldorf . Four years later , he moved to the Academy of Fine Arts , Karlsruhe , where he studied under Hermann Baisch . In July 1889 , he made his first visit to Worpswede with Fritz Mackensen . In August , Hans am Ende followed . They were later joined by Fritz Overbeck ( 1893 ) and Heinrich Vogeler ( 1894 ) ; all students from Düsseldorf . In 1895 , they presented their first group exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bremen . They were largely panned by the critics , but went on to a major breakthrough at the Munich Glaspalast . In 1897 , the Art Colony was officially established and Modersohn married Helene Schröder ( 1868-1900 ) , the daughter of a Bremen merchant . Two years later , he resigned from the association , citing his continuing fight for the personal , individual liberty of every artist . Vogeler and Overbeck joined him in leaving . The couple had one daughter , Elsbeth ( 1898-1984 ) . The next year , his wife died after a long illness . In 1901 , he remarried . His new wife , Paula Becker , was also a well-known painter . She died in 1907 , of an embolism , shortly after giving birth to their daughter Mathilde Tille ( 1907-1998 ) . At that point , Modersohn felt that he could not remain in Worpswede and moved to Fischerhude , a nearby village . His third wife was , daughter of the painter Heinrich Breling . She was primarily a singer , but painted as well . They had two sons , Ulrich ( 1913-1943 ) and , who also became a painter . In 1911 , when the Kunsthalle Bremen purchased Van Goghs Field with Poppies , Modersohn was the only Worpswede artist to support the museum , concluding that nationalistic sentiments should play no role in the world of art . In the 1920s and early 30s , he and Louise made extensive study trips throughout Germany and , in 1933 , he acquired an old farmhouse on the Gailenberg in Bad Hindelang for use as a studio . Three years later , he became blind in his right eye , due to a detached retina . This forced him to remain in his studio rather than paint outdoors . He was awarded the Goethe Medal for Art & Science in 1940 . A year before his death , he was persuaded to speak on the subject of visual arts at the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda . Work . From 1874 to 1889 , he concentrated on small-scale studies and landscapes , painted directly from nature in the Plein Air style of the Barbizon School . After 1889 , his search for a truly natural style led gradually to more colorful canvases . Around 1900 , he and several other Worpswede artists began doing illustrations and designs for Stollwerck , the German chocolate company . Artistic interaction with his second wife , Paula , led to the development of a style emphasizing simplicity and humanity , expressed in their maxim Das Ding an sich in Stimmung ( roughly , The thing-in-itself in the mood/feeling ) . Although his wifes subject matter was vastly different , he considered her work a complement to his . After World War II , a Modersohn Museum was established in Gailenberg and later relocated to Fischerhude . Another Otto Modersohn Museum showcasing his early work in Westphalia opened in Tecklenburg in 2015 . Further reading . - Kai Artinger : Otto Modersohns Langbehnsches Kunstideal , in : Strohmeyer/Artinger/Krogmann : Landschaft , Licht und niederdeutscher Mythos . Die Worpsweder Kunst und der Nationalsozialismus , VDG , Weimar 2000 , , Pages 117-130 - Marina Bohlmann-Modersohn : Otto Modersohn – Leben und Werk , Otto Modersohn Museum , Fischerhude 2005 , - Christian Modersohn : Das Erbe meines Vaters – Zwei Leben für die Kunst . Otto Modersohn Museum , Fischerhude 2005 . Documentary film . - So broad and big - The nature of Otto Modersohn , Directed by Carlo Modersohn , narrated by Hanns Zischler , produced by Carlo Modersohn , in cooperation with the Otto Modersohn Museum , 78 min. , 2011 . ( ) External links . - Otto Modersohn Museum , Fischerhude - Otto Modersohn Museum , Tecklenburg - Rainer Maria Rilke on Otto Modersohn - Entry in the Artcyclopedia