Artist: Kathe Kollwitz (1867 - 1945)
Nationality: German
Movement: Realism
Media: Sculpture & Printmaking
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Biography:
Born in Russia under the maiden name Schmidt, Käthe Kollwitz studied art in Berlin. There she met and married Dr. Karl Kollwitz, who ran a children’s clinic in a poverty-stricken neighborhood. This environment stemmed the social messages in Kollwitz’s paintings. She created a monument in Flanders to the soldiers who died in World War I, after her son was killed in battle. In 1928, Kollwitz was the first woman to admitted to the Prussian Academy of Arts, but s the Nazis forced her withdrawal in 1933. Ten years later, most of her work was destroyed in an air raid. However, from what was left of her powerfully social works, she is remembered for her carvings and bronze sculpture.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Kathe Kollwitz - Uberfahren (Run Over) c. 1910 soft-ground etching The Mint Museums German
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Kathe Kollwitz - Plowing 1921 intaglio and aquatin The Art Gallery University of Maryland German
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Kathe Kollwitz - Tod, Frau, and Kind 1910 Hard-ground and soft Birmingham Museum of Art German
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Kathe Kollwitz - Self-Portrait with Hand of Death 1924 charcoal on paper Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College German
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Kathe Kollwitz - Losbruch (The Outbreak), from the Peasants' War 1903 etching with aquatin Portland Museum of Art German
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K‰the Kollwitz, Head of a Man, 1891
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K‰the Kollwitz, Die Carmagnole (The Carmagnole), 1901
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K‰the Kollwitz, Inspiration, 1905
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K‰the Kollwitz, Aufruhr (Revolt), 1899
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K‰the Kollwitz, Zertretene (Downtrodden), 1900
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K‰the Kollwitz, Arbeitslosigkeit (Unemployment), 1909
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K‰the Kollwitz, Brot(Bread), 1924
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K‰the Kollwitz, Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait), 1921
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K‰the Kollwitz, Beim Arzt (At the Doctor"s), 1920
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K‰the Kollwitz, Heimarbeit (Piece Worker), 1925
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K‰the Kollwitz, An der Kirchenmauer (At the Church Wall), 1893
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K‰the Kollwitz, Frauenakt (Female Nude), 1910
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K‰the Kollwitz, Tod und Frau (Death and the Woman), 1910
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K‰the Kollwitz, Betendes M‰dchen (Praying Girl), 1892
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K‰the Kollwitz, Hamburger Kneipe (Hamburg Tavern), 1901
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K‰the Kollwitz, Verbr¸derung (Brotherhood), 1924
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K‰the Kollwitz, Selbstbildnis von vorn (Self-Portrait from the Front), 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz, Begr¸ssing (Greeting), 1892
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K‰the Kollwitz, Kleines Selbstbildnis (Small Self-Portrait), 1920
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K‰the Kollwitz, Frau an der Wiege (Woman at the Cradle), 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz, M‰nnerkopf nach rechts (Man"s Head Turned Right), 1905
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K‰the Kollwitz, Die Eltern der K¸nstlerin (The Artist"s Parents), 1919
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K‰the Kollwitz, Sitzender m‰nnlicher Akt (Seated Male Nude), 1891
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K‰the Kollwitz, Arbeiterfrau (mit dem Ohrring) (Workman"s Wife (with an Earring)), 1910
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K‰the Kollwitz, Selbstbildnis mit der Hand an der Stirn (Self-Portrait with Hand on the Forehead), 1910
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K‰the Kollwitz, Tod (Death) , second plate in the series Ein Weberaufstand (Revolt of the Weavers), 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz, Not (Famine), first plate in the series Ein Weberaustand (Weavers" Revolt), 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz, Vier M‰nner in der Kneipe (Four Men in a Tavern), circa 1892 - 1893
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K‰the Kollwitz, Selbstbildnis im Profil nach Rechts (Self-Portrait in Profile to the Right), 1938
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K‰the Kollwitz, Die Freiwilligen (The Volunteers), second plate in the series Krieg (War), 1922 - 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz, Die Witwe II (The Widow II), fifth plate in the series Krieg (War), 1922 - 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz, Maria und Elisabeth, III. Fassung (Mary and Elizabeth, Third Version), 1928
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K‰the Kollwitz, Study for the etching Beim Dengeln (Sharpening the Scythe), circa 1905
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K‰the Kollwitz, Tod h‰lt M‰dchen im Schoss (Death Holds Girl in his Lap), second of eight from the series Tod (Death), 1934
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K‰the Kollwitz, Beratung (Council), third plate in the series Ein Weberaufstand (Weavers" Revolt)), 1898

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