Käthe Kollwitz

Painting, Visual Artist

1867 – 1945

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Who was Käthe Kollwitz?

Käthe Kollwitz was a German painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition, and the tragedy of war, in the first half of the 20th century. Her empathy for the less fortunate, expressed most famously through the graphic means of drawing, etching, lithography, and woodcut, embraced the victims of poverty, hunger, and war. Initially her work was grounded in Naturalism, and later took on Expressionistic qualities.

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Born
Jul 8, 1867
Königsberg
Also known as
  • Kathe Kollwitz
  • Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz
  • Käthe Kollwitz
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • Académie Julian
Lived in
  • Königsberg
Died
Apr 22, 1945
Moritzburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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