Artist: Kathe Kollwitz (1867 - 1945)
Nationality: German
Movement: Realism
Media: Sculpture & Printmaking
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Biography:
Born in East Prussia (Koenigsberg) under the maiden name Schmidt, K?the 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: (60)
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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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Das neue Kollwitz : Werk, Käthe Kollwitz (Germany, Königsberg, 1867 - 1945) , 1933, Printed material
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Käthe Kollwitz : Sonder-Ausstellung zu ihrem 50. Geburtstag, Käthe Kollwitz (Germany, Königsberg, 1867 - 1945) , 1917, Printed material
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K‰the Kollwitz Head of a Man drawing: chalks 1891
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K‰the Kollwitz Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait) Etching 1921
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K‰the Kollwitz Heimarbeit (Piece Worker) Lithograph 1925
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K‰the Kollwitz Brot(Bread) Lithograph 1924
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Portrait of Kathe Richter, Oskar Kokoschka (Austria, Pöchlarn, 1886 - 1980) , 1917, Lithograph on wove paper
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Portrait of Kathe Richter, Oskar Kokoschka (Austria, Pöchlarn, 1886 - 1980) , 1917, Lithograph on wove paper
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Portrait of Kathe Richter, Oskar Kokoschka (Austria, Pöchlarn, 1886 - 1980) , 1917, Lithograph on wove paper
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K‰the Kollwitz Beim Arzt (At the Doctor's) Lithograph 1920
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K‰the Kollwitz Zertretene (Downtrodden) Etching 1900
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K‰the Kollwitz Selbstbildnis von vorn (Self-Portrait from the Front) Woodcut 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz Begr¸ssing (Greeting) Etching 1892
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K‰the Kollwitz Verbr¸derung (Brotherhood) Lithograph 1924
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K‰the Kollwitz Kleines Selbstbildnis (Small Self-Portrait) Lithograph 1920
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K‰the Kollwitz An der Kirchenmauer (At the Church Wall) Etching 1893
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K‰the Kollwitz Die Eltern der K¸nstlerin (The Artist's Parents) Lithograph 1919
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K‰the Kollwitz Frau an der Wiege (Woman at the Cradle) Etching 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz Selbstbildnis mit der Hand an der Stirn (Self-Portrait with Hand on the Forehead) Etching 1910
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K‰the Kollwitz Selbstbildnis im Profil nach rechts (Self-portrait in Profile, facing right) Lithograph 1938
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K‰the Kollwitz Die Carmagnole (The Carmagnole) Etching, aquatint, engraving and sandpaper 1901
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K‰the Kollwitz Die M¸tter (The Mothers), plate 6 from the series Krieg (War) Woodcut 1922 - 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz Die Freiwilligen (The Volunteers), second plate in the series Krieg (War) Woodcut 1922 - 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz Selbstbildnis im Profil nach Rechts (Self-Portrait in Profile to the Right) Lithograph 1938
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K‰the Kollwitz Inspiration Etching, engraving, soft ground etching 1905
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K‰the Kollwitz Aufruhr (Revolt) etching, engraving, aquatint and roulette 1899
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K‰the Kollwitz Sitzender m‰nnlicher Akt (Seated Male Nude) Etching 1891
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K‰the Kollwitz Hamburger Kneipe (Hamburg Tavern) Soft ground etching 1901
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K‰the Kollwitz Die Witwe II (The Widow II), fifth plate in the series Krieg (War) Woodcut 1922 - 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz Maria und Elisabeth, III. Fassung (Mary and Elizabeth, Third Version) Woodcut 1928
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K‰the Kollwitz Vier M‰nner in der Kneipe (Four Men in a Tavern) Etching circa 1892 - 1893
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K‰the Kollwitz Sturm (Storm), fifth plate in the series Ein Weberaufstand (Revolt of the Weavers) etching and sandpaper 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz Gedenkblatt f¸r Karl Liebknecht (Memorial for Karl Liebknecht) Woodcut 1919 - 1920
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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) Lithograph 1934
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K‰the Kollwitz Tod packt eine Frau (Death Claims a Woman), fourth of eight from the series Tod (Death) Lithograph 1934
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K‰the Kollwitz Sturm (Storm), fifth plate in the series Ein Weberaufstand (Revolt of the Weavers) Etching 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz Die Witwe I (The Widow I), fourth plate in the series Krieg (War) Woodcut 1922 - 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz Study for the etching Beim Dengeln (Sharpening the Scythe) black and white chalk circa 1905
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K‰the Kollwitz Das Volk (The People), seventh plate in the series Krieg (War) Woodcut 1922 - 1923
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K‰the Kollwitz Der Agitationsredner (The Agitator) II. Fassung (Second Version), from the series Typen (Types) Lithograph 1926
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K‰the Kollwitz Die Pfl¸ger (The Plowers), first plate in the series Bauernkrieg (Peasants Wars) Etching and aquatint 1906
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K‰the Kollwitz Kindersterben (Children Dying), third plate from the series Proletariat (Working Class) Woodcut 1925
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K‰the Kollwitz Frauenakt (Female Nude) Etching, aquatint, and soft ground etching 1910
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K‰the Kollwitz Selbstibildnis am Tisch, II. Fassung (Self-Portrait at the Table, Second Version) Etching and aquatint circa 1893
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K‰the Kollwitz Kleines Selbstbildnis nach links (Small Self-Portrait from the left) (2nd version) Lithograph 1922
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K‰the Kollwitz Arbeiterfrau (mit dem Ohrring) (Workman's Wife (with an Earring)) Etching and soft ground etching 1910
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K‰the Kollwitz Arbeitslosigkeit (Unemployment) …tching, engraving, soft ground etching, sandpaper 1909
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K‰the Kollwitz Betendes M‰dchen (Praying Girl) Etching, drypoint, aquatint, and sandpaper 1892
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K‰the Kollwitz Ende (End), sixth plate in the series Ein Weberaufstand (Weavers' Revolt) Etching, aquatint, and sandpaper 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz Tod packt eine Frau (Death Seizes a Woman), fourth of eight from the series Tod (Death) Lithograph 1934
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K‰the Kollwitz Weberzug (March of the Weavers), fourth plate in the series Ein Weberaustand (Revolt of the Weavers) Etching 1897
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K‰the Kollwitz M‰nnerkopf nach rechts (Man's Head Turned Right) Soft ground etching 1905
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K‰the Kollwitz Beratung (Council) , rejected plate for the third plate in the series Weber (Weavers) Etching 1895
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K‰the Kollwitz Frau mit ¸bereinandergelegten H‰nden (Woman with Crossed Hands) Etching, drypoint, roulette and sandpaper 1898
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Tod und Frau, Käthe Kollwitz (Germany, Königsberg, 1867 - 1945) , 1910, Etching

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