Lecture: Paula Modersohn-Becker and Rainer Maria Rilke—A Passionate Friendship
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 2PM - 3PM
“And now I don’t know how to sign my name. I am not Modersohn and I am not Paula Becker anymore, I am Me, and hope to become that more and more.”
—Paula Modersohn-Becker in a 1906 letter to Rainer Maria Rilke
German poet Rainer Maria Rilke played an important role in Paula Modersohn-Becker’s artistic development and self-realization. Their lively correspondence illuminates Modersohn-Becker’s personal and artistic preoccupations, highlighting the challenges she faced as a woman artist in the early 20th century. Rilke’s poem, Requiem for a Friend, which laments Modersohn-Becker’s early death, is a moving tribute to the deep impact of their friendship.
Join independent curator and writer Jill Lloyd for an exploration of their sometimes volatile but profoundly meaningful relationship.
About the Speaker
Jill Lloyd is an independent curator and writer specializing in German and Austrian modernism. Based in London and France, she is a guest curator and board member at the Neue Galerie New York.
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