Käthe Kollwitz

German · 1867–1945 · Painter, Printmaker

Käthe Kollwitz was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the… (Wikipedia)

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Käthe Kollwitz was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger and war on the working class. Her early work was realistic, but became freer in later years. Kollwitz was the first woman not only to be elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts but also to receive honorary professor status.

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Born 1867, KönigsbergDied 1945, MoritzburgOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q142472 ↗ULAN 500016751 ↗Museum works 20

Expressionism

Also known as Kʻo-le-hui-chih, Kaethe Kollwitz, Kate Kollowitz, Käthe Ida Schmidt, Kathe Kollwitz, Käthe Kollwitz-Schmidt, Käthe née Schmidt, Kathe nee Schmidt Kollwitz and 4 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Käthe Kollwitz, Beggars — **Beggars**1924 · charcoal
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Käthe Kollwitz, Bettelnde (Begging) — **Bettelnde (Begging)**1924 · lithograph
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Käthe Kollwitz, Self-Portrait at the Table (Selbstbildnis am Tisch) — **Self-Portrait at the Table (Selbstbildnis am Tisch)**probably 1893 · etching and aquatint
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Käthe Kollwitz, Bread (Brot) — **Bread (Brot)**1924 · lithograph
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Käthe Kollwitz, Germany's Children are Hungry! (Deutschlands Kinder Hungern!) — **Germany's Children are Hungry! (Deutschlands Kinder Hungern!)**1924 · lithograph
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Käthe Kollwitz, Self-Portrait with Hand on Forehead (Selbstbildnis mit der Hand an der Stirn) — **Self-Portrait with Hand on Forehead (Selbstbildnis mit der Hand an der Stirn)**1910 · etching and drypoint in black-brown ink on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Käthe Kollwitz, Staande volksvrouw moedigt oprukkende groep mannen aan — **Staande volksvrouw moedigt oprukkende groep mannen aan**1898 - 1903
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Käthe Kollwitz, Praying Woman — **Praying Woman**1892
Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Conte…

Käthe Kollwitz, Misery — **Misery**1897
Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Conte…

Käthe Kollwitz, Untitled — **Untitled**1889
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

Käthe Kollwitz, Self-portrait — **Self-portrait**1920
Los Angeles County Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Käthe Kollwitz, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Käthe Kollwitz, Vladslo German war cemetery — **Vladslo German war cemetery**
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Käthe Kollwitz, Battlefield — **Battlefield**1921
Honolulu Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Honolulu Museum of Art

Käthe Kollwitz, Working Woman with Blue Shawl — **Working Woman with Blue Shawl**1903 · color lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland — Open Access (CC0)

Käthe Kollwitz, Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto) Three Studies of a Child (verso) — **Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto) Three Studies of a Child (verso)**c. 1926 · black chalk or charcoal? (rubbed in places)
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Leon…

Käthe Kollwitz, Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto) — **Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto)**c. 1926 · black chalk or charcoal? (rubbed in places)
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Leon…

Käthe Kollwitz, Proletariat: No. 1 Out of Work — **Proletariat: No. 1 Out of Work**1925 · woodcut
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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