The Modersohn-Becker/Rilke Correspondence

This book was featured in our Lecture Series. 

Translated by Ulrich Baer from the collection edited by Rainer Stamm
Introduction by Jill Lloyd

The painter Paula Modersohn-Becker and the poet Rainer Maria Rilke were two of the most talented and original creative artists at work in early twentieth-century Europe. They enjoyed a close friendship that left in its wake a remarkable series of letters. Encompassing topics such as art, literature, and the nature of marriage, their correspondence testifies to both writers’ brilliant descriptive gifts and penetrating social intelligence. Brought together in English for the first time, the letters that Modersohn-Becker and Rilke sent to one another provide a fascinating view of everyday life during an exceptionally fertile and exciting period of cultural production.

Paperback
120 pages
Eris Press, 2024
7.8 x 5.1 inches
ISBN 9781916809901
Biography, Correspondence, Art History