Paula Becker House

The Paula Becker House is a former residence of artist Paula Modersohn-Becker in Bremen, where she spent much of her life.
The building is located at kilometer 0.2 (in the city outward direction) on the right hand side of the Schwachhauser Heerstraße in Bremen, directly behind the railway tunnel, and has the number 23. The angled house with porch, stairs and protruding gables and a large garden was built 1861. The 2000 square meter plot of land belonged to the Prussian Railway Administration, which set up an official residence in the house . At that time the street had the name Schwachhauser Chaussee.
The father of Paula Becker was employed as an engineer on the railroad, his family moved from Dresden to Bremen in 1888 and lived in this house. Paula Becker lived here until 1899 - when she was 23 years old - and set up her first studio. The life of artists at that time was very active in Bremen and her mother's friendships to the artistic circles in Bremen, she got close contact, so that the Becker family took part very emotionally. Apart from her teacher's training in Bremen in 1893-1895, Paula took private instruction in painting.

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