Käthe Kollwitz was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger and war on the working class. Despite the realism of her early works, her art is now more closely associated with Expressionism. Kollwitz was the first woman to not only be elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts but to also receive honorary professor status.
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Related works from the webThe Widow I (1921)
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The Widow I, 1921 - Kathe Kollwitz - WikiArt.org
Woman with Dead Child (1903)
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Woman with Dead Child - Wikipedia
Never Again War (1924)
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Never Again War, 1924 - Kathe Kollwitz - WikiArt.org
Memorial for Karl Liebknecht (1919)
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Memorial for Karl Liebknecht, 1919 - Kathe Kollwitz - WikiArt.org
Mother with her Dead Son (1938)
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Mother with her Dead Son - Wikipedia
March of the Weavers
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The Widow II (1922)
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The Widow II, 1922 - Kathe Kollwitz - WikiArt.org
The Grieving Parents
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The Grieving Parents · Open Virtual Worlds
Killed in Action (1921)
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Killed in Action, 1921 - Kathe Kollwitz - WikiArt.org
“I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.”
Käthe Kollwitz
Jul 8, 1867 - Apr 22, 1945