Biography
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WESTFALEN | |
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1865 | born in Soest/Westfalen |
1874 | the family moves to Münster, Westphalia |
1884 | studies at the Academy of Arts, Duesseldorf |
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WORPSWEDE | |
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1889 | first journey to Worpswede with Fritz Mackensen |
1893 | Fritz Overbeck comes to Worpswede |
1894 | Heinrich Vogeler and Hans am Ende follow their friend |
1895 | in spring the five Worpswede artists exhibit in the Kunsthalle Bremen in autumn large success in the “Internationale Glaspalastausstellung” in Munich |
1897 | marriage with Helene Schröder |
1898 | birth of daughter Elsbeth. Paula Becker comes to Worpswede as an art student |
1899 | Modersohn leaves the Worpswede Artists Association |
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1900 | Modersohn and Overbeck meet Paula Becker and Clara Westhoff in Paris. Helene Schröder dies. Carl Hauptmann and Rainer Maria Rilke in Worpswede |
1901 | marriage with Paula Becker |
1907 | November, 2nd, birth of the daughter Mathilde. November, 20th, death of Paula Modersohn-Becker |
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FISCHERHUDE | |
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1908 | move to Fischerhude |
1909 | marriage with Louise Breling 1913 – birth of his son Ulrich 1916 – birth of his son Christian |
1922 | several long study trips to Wertheim, Würzburg and the Allgäu. Friendship with the painter Ahlers-Heestermann |
1930 | purchase of a farmhouse in Gailenberg/Allgäu where he spends the following summers working |
1935 | last stay in Gailenberg. He looses sight in his right eye |
1940 | Verleihung der Goethe-Medaille |
1943 | March, 10th, death after short illness. His son Ulrich dies in Russia |
1948 | Louise Modersohn and her son Christian open a family gallery in Gailenberg/Allgäu |
1950 | death of Louise Modersohn-Breling |
1974 | opening of the Otto-Modersohn-Museum in Fischerhude |