Autumn on the Moor
In 1895, the Worpswede Künstlervereinigung (Artists’ Association) achieved its artistic breakthrough at the Munich Glaspalast, where, following the model of the Paris Salon, annual international exhibitions had been held since 1889. The atmospheric painting Autumn on the Moor was one of the eight works that Modersohn exhibited. In April of the same year, it was shown at the first exhibition of the Worpswede painters in Bremen, and subsequently purchased by…