i walked cross town along 13th street and stopped at joe for a decaf mocha to have during my walk uptown to the neue galerie . .
i walked through union square where the sunflowers were bursting out all cheery and yellow . .
a few weren't quite ready to say hello . .
it was a beautiful day for a walk . .
i was here to see paula modersohn-becker, ich bin ich; an exhibit eva had told me about. paula modersohn-becker was a german artist from bremen in northern germany (having moved there from dresden with her family when she was twelve) and became part of the worpswede artist colony around 1898, when she was twenty-two. the neue galerie doesn't permit photographs . . however, i did sneak a photo of the photographs of the artist with her stepdaughter and one alone . .
i was hoping to buy a few postcards of the paintings i liked, but they didn't have many. i did purchase a small book that described several from the exhibit along with information about her life. this photo above was not included so i took a picture of it from the expensive exhibit catalog (!).
sleeping child, ca. 1904, oil tempera on canvas, on loan from a private collection. it was a wonderful exhibit and i'm very glad i went. it closes september 9th. it included charcoal drawings and paintings, and i found her ability to show a person's personality and thoughts through pencil sketchings and oil paint very moving. (thanks so much for the suggestion, eva.)
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