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title: "Reconquering the female body"
date: 2022-01-22
last_modified: 2025-02-26T16:15:34+01:00
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url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/reconquering-the-female-body-paula-modersohn-becker-2021-context-en/"
description: "An act against the macho eye: Author Jovana Reisinger on naked female bodies in painting."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Schirn_Presse_Modersohn-Becker_Mutter_mit_Kind_auf_dem_Arm_Halbakt_II_Header-1920x883.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# Reconquering the female body