Book highlights: Time travel to the wild sixties and Paula Modersohn-Becker

Book highlights: Time travel to the wild sixties and Paula Modersohn-Becker

Bremen, Deutschland - In the coming weeks, four new books from the region will be released, which deal with various multifaceted topics. These works illuminate the wild 1960s, the political work of Wilhelm Kaisen and the life of the important artist Paula Modersohn-Becker. According to Weser-Kurier also organically designed and invite you to discover.

The first book "Who has digged in the past" by Ilona Rudolph and Jürgen Linke is a novel that deals with the 1960s in Berlin. The focus is on fictional characters, Eduard "Edu" by Marwitz and Charlotte Becker, who live in a Berlin community and communicate through letters. The story deals with central questions of renewal and chaos at that time. Topics such as distrust and the disappearance of Lotta's brother are particularly concise. The book is available from the Bremen Kellner publishing house and comprises 230 pages, at a price of 17 euros.

political biography and do the artists

Another remarkable work is "Wilhelm Kaisen - a political biography" by Karl Ludwig Sommer. This biography illuminates the life of Kaisen, which held influential positions in Bremen after the Second World War. The new edition, which appears due to the constant demand, offers a comprehensive insight into its work on 528 pages and costs 19.90 euros, published by the Falkenberg edition.

A third book, "On Paula's traces" by Jürgen Teumer, is a journey through time through the life of Paula Modersohn-Becker, which will be reissued on the occasion of her 150th birthday in February 2026. The book uses diary extracts, letters and memories to present the artist's life from 1897 to 1907. It comprises 116 pages and is available from Carl Schünemann Verlag for 15 euros.

The fourth book, "Paula and Magda" by Renate Hanekamp, ​​is a story about Paula Modersohn-Becker and her friendship with Magdalene Pauli. The narrative interweaves letters, diary entries and romantic texts and addresses the challenges and dreams of women in a male -dominated society. This work is available in Schünemann-Verlag for 14 euros and has 52 pages.

Paula Modersohn-Becker: an icon of art history

Paula Modersohn-Becker, who lived from 1876 to 1907, is considered one of the best-known artists of their time. Her self -portrait "Self -portrait on the 6th wedding anniversary", which she painted in Paris in 1906, is remarkable because it is considered one of the first self -released women in art history. At that time she planned to leave her husband Otto Modersohn to devote herself to her art, such as Syndrome-stendhal

Modersohn-Becker, who was born in Dresden and grew up in Bremen, already recognized her passion for painting during her teacher training. Despite the challenges with which women were confronted in the art world, she created around 750 paintings and many drawings in her short lifespan. Their most important works often remain ignorant in the male-dominated art history, which the historian Lina Ahslin addressed in her influential essay, in which she questioned the role of women in art, as in the article by Artvise is treated.

In an art market that has been in the hand of male artists for a long time, current statistics show a rethink. The works of artists are increasingly experiencing recognition, a positive sign of art history and a perspective that Modersohn-Becker also honors.