{"product_id":"being-here-is-everything-the-life-of-paula-modersohn-becker-paperback","title":"Being Here Is Everything: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie Darrieussecq\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePenny Hueston\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe short, obscure, and prolific life of the German expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907), a significant figure in modernism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in France in 2016, \u003ci\u003eBeing Here Is So Much\u003c\/i\u003e traces the short, obscure, and prolific life of the German expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907). In a brief career, cut short by her death from an embolism at the age of thirty-one, shortly after she gave birth to a child, Modersohn-Becker trained in Germany, traveled often to Paris, developed close friendships with the sculptor Clara Westhoff and the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and became one of her generation's preeminent artists, helping introduce modernity to the twentieth century alongside such other painters as Picasso and Matisse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie Darrieussecq's triumphant and illuminating biography at once revives Modersohn-Becker's reputation as a significant figure in modernism and sheds light on the extreme difficulty women have faced in attaining recognition and establishing artistic careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770406076704,"sku":"9781635900088","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ac59561c2757cdf5697f905a5884cf0d.webp?v=1780371008","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/being-here-is-everything-the-life-of-paula-modersohn-becker-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}