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 |
