Käthe Kollwitz

Käthe Kollwitz was a German artist whose powerful prints, like 'The Weavers,' unflinchingly depicted the human cost of poverty, hunger, and war.

ABOUT

Born Käthe Schmidt in Königsberg, Prussia, in 1867, Kollwitz's early life was deeply influenced by her Social Democrat father and her grandfather, a Lutheran pastor. Recognizing her talent, her father arranged drawing lessons when she was just twelve. She pursued formal art studies in Berlin and Munich, though she quickly realized her strength lay not in painting, but in draughtsmanship, particularly printmaking. After marrying Dr. Karl Kollwitz in 1891, she moved to Berlin,…

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NOTABLE WORKS

The Carmagnole 1901 · Art Institute of Chicago Working Woman with Blue Shawl 1903 · Cleveland Museum of Art Peasants' War: Arming in a Vault 1906 · Cleveland Museum of Art Battlefield 1907 · Art Institute of Chicago Help Russia 1921 · Cleveland Museum of Art Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto) Three Studies of a Child (verso) 1921 · Cleveland Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Max Klinger Gerhart HauptmannNaturalism (Playwright)