The Neue Galerie Pays Homage to Paula Modersohn-Becker, the Mother of German Expressionism
Escaping city life became the goal. In such a spirit, the colony of Worpswede was formed in Lower Saxony. Becker followed her future husband Otto Modersohn there, where writers and poets such as Thomas Mann and Rainer Maria Rilke, accompanied by his wife, the sculptor Clara Westhoff, were frequent residents.