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Käthe Kollwitz ( German pronunciation: [kɛːtə kɔlvɪt͡s] born as Schmidt; 8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) [3] was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking (including etching, lithography and woodcuts) and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger and ...
Käthe Kollwitz. Born in the Prussian city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) in 1867, Käthe Kollwitz established herself in an art world dominated by men by developing an aesthetic vision centered on women and the working class. Her representations of women, including her frequent self-portraits, effectively communicated her subjects ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Käthe Kollwitz (born July 8, 1867, Königsberg, East Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia]—died April 22, 1945, near Dresden, Germany) was a German graphic artist and sculptor who was an eloquent advocate for victims of social injustice, war, and inhumanity. The artist grew up in a liberal middle-class family and studied painting in Berlin (1884 ...
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Käthe Kollwitz. German Printmaker and Sculptor. Born: July 8, 1867 - Königsberg, East Prussia. Died: April 22, 1945 - Moritzburg, Germany. Movements and Styles: Expressionism. "At such moments, when I know I am working with an international society opposed to war, I am filled with a warm sense of contentment."
- July 8, 1867
- April 22, 1945
Käthe Schmidt aged 5, 1872. 1867 Käthe Kollwitz, née Schmidt, was born on 8 July 1867 in Königsberg (modern day Kaliningrad) as the fifth child of Carl Schmidt and Katharina Schmidt, née Rupp. 1881–1886 Her father became aware of the artistic skills of his daughter.
Käthe Kollwitz. German, 1867–1945. Starr Figura, German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2011. Printmaker, draftsman, sculptor. Trained initially as a painter, but by 1890 turned to printmaking as means for social criticism. Married to a physician to proletarian families in Berlin, felt deep admiration ...
Biography. “If one were to name the quality that distinguishes Käthe Kollwitz as an artist above all others, it is her character. Rarely has an artist, from the very beginning, charted her own path so surely and adhered to it so purposefully over decades as this woman has. She is a remarkable creator driven by her calling to struggle for ...
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