The Portrait - From status symbol to self-reflection
Jan 28, 2023 - Jun 11, 2023
In this exhibition, the development of the function of the portrait is easy to see; from a status symbol, which mainly involved the display of wealth, pomp and circumstance - even in the case of children's portraits - to a search for the more inner qualities of man. Thus, until the beginning of the same century, women were painted mainly from the male perspective. Paula Modersohn-Becker at the end of the 19th century is one of the first artists to break with this tradition. She paints many (nude) self-portraits, which exude something quite different: something personal and raw.
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In this exhibition, the development of the function of the portrait is easy to see; from a status symbol, which mainly involved the display of wealth, pomp and circumstance - even in the case of children's portraits - to a search for the more inner qualities of man. Thus, until the beginning of the same century, women were painted mainly from the male perspective. Paula Modersohn-Becker at the end of the 19th century is one of the first artists to break with this tradition. She paints many (nude) self-portraits, which exude something quite different: something personal and raw.
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