In addition to several portraits, Christian Modersohn primarily dedicated nearly his entire life to landscape painting. The Wümme Depression around Fischerhude, Germany with its expansive meadows and abundant water, became the centre of his artistic work. He is primarily seen as an outstanding watercolourist, but his extensive oeuvre also encompasses drawing and oil painting.

Vita Christian Modersohn

1916
Born in Bremen as the son of the painter Otto Modersohn (1865–1943) and his wife, the singer and painter Louise Modersohn-Breling (1883–1950), daughter of the Fischerhude artist Heinrich Breling.

Christian Modersohn grew up in Fischerhude and on the Gailenberg near Hindelang in Allgäu, where his mother operated an o...