A Life in Shadow and Light Born in Hronov, Bohemia, in 1883, Paula Gans lived a life that moved from the quietude of her youth to the intense, shifting atmosphere of early twentieth-century Hamburg. After passing the state examination for English languages in Vienna, she sought a new beginning, emigrating to Hamburg in 1920 alongside her brother, Richard. In the city, she found a community of creators, sharing a studio in the Curiohaus…