A comprehensive, thus great, exhibit of the paintings of Paula Modersohn-Becker is going on at
Neue Galerie in New York City through September 9. Poetry fans will remember her as the subject of Rilke's "
Requiem for a Friend". Her portrait of Rilke is in the show.
She was a ground-breaking artist. Unique and underappreciated for the most part. This is her first museum retrospective in the United States. It's startlingly good.