Talk:Paula Modersohn-Becker

message: Having come across this I improved the English of the original.  Andrewshobley 13:26, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Editing

message: My sense has been, from a not-completely-rigorous but-also-not-superficial study a few years ago, that it was possible that M-B did not "want to be/become a mother," but in fact might have been impregnated during Otto's last visit to Paris before she returned to Worpswede, possibly as a way of forcing her return. 
From what her work and her growth in Paris suggested, it seemed to me more as if she had been on the verge of leaving the Ww community and her marriage and staying in France. 
I agree with issue above. I've read the passages about this issue with Otto impregnating her in Paris as a way to get her to come back with him to Worpswede. I read it both in the English version of her journal/letters and the 1921 German edition (Briefe und Tagebuchblätter von Paula Modersohn-Becker ed. S.D. Gallwitz, 1921). The German editions were edited to slant PMB's life to fit into the Cult of Motherhood promoted by Germany after WWI to bring up the birthrate. I also take note of the no citation about their marriage being unconsummated. This should be deleted, and it is an unsubstantiated claim. I think both these points should be removed. Digitaldoyenne (talk) 01:17, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This is from the German article. Check it out: see different language links under the panels on the left of the article page. Beyond that, I can't help. There is a bibliography.  You are welcome to edit the article, preferably referencing statements. See WP:REFB. Ty 21:55, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm curious about the interpretation given the end of her life. 

message: I've uploaded a new 1906 self-portrait of Modersohn-Becker (right). Feel free to use if useful. Dcoetzee 16:14, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New self-portrait 

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message: There's a lot of confusion about her date of death.
* Lede: 20 Nov
* Infobox: 30 Nov
* Text: 21 Nov
In French WP they seem similarly unsure:
* Lede: 21 Nov
* Infobox: 20 or 30 Nov
* Text: 20 Nov
German WP says 20 Nov unequivocally, so I'm inclined to accept that.  Is there an unimpeachable source anywhere?  --  Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 23:29, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of death

message: Working through the article, I reorganized the galleries by basic category to give a better sense of (what I think is) the power of Modersohn-Becker's work. Thoughts in improvement?
Sicklemoon (talk) 22:48, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Galleries

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