{"product_id":"the-modersohn-becker-rilke-correspondence","title":"The Modersohn-Becker\/Rilke Correspondence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe painter Paula Modersohn-Becker and the poet Rainer Maria Rilke first met in 1900 at the Worpswede artists' colony--a focal point of the kind of artistic innovations that were set to transform twentieth-century European culture. Modersohn-Becker and Rilke went on to enjoy an intense friendship over a period that saw both of them having to confront personal and financial challenges as they pursued their artistic vocations. This friendship was cut short by Modersohn-Becker's tragically early death in 1907, but it left in its wake a remarkable series of letters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs fascinating and evocative when discussing the nature of married life and the difficulty of furnishing one's home as they are when exploring the expressive possibilities of art and poetry, the letters exchanged by Modersohn-Becker and Rilke are a testament to both correspondents' exceptional descriptive gifts and penetrating social intelligence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrought together in English for the first time here and introduced by an illuminating essay by the art historian Jill Lloyd, The Modersohn-Becker\/Rilke Correspondence provides a fascinating view of everyday life during an exceptionally fertile and exciting period of cultural production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Lloyd (Edited by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jill Lloyd is an art historian and curator. She has co-edited numerous exhibition catalogues and is the author of \u003ci\u003eGerman Expressionism, Primitivism and Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Undiscovered Expressionist: A Life of Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875396194578,"sku":"9781916809901","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24fdb202-9c0b-46de-9a60-922d9ff83d9b.jpg?v=1738286795","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-modersohn-becker-rilke-correspondence","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}