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German artist (1867–1945)

Käthe Kollwitz (German pronunciation:[kɛːtəkɔlvɪt͡s] 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.

Collection – Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger and war on the working class.^[4][5] Despite the realism of her early works, her art is now more closely associated with Expressionism.^[6] Kollwitz was the first woman not only to be elected to the PrussianAcademy of Arts but also to receive honorary professor status.^[7]

Life and work

Youth

Kollwitz was born in Königsberg, Prussia, as the fifth child in her family.

Her father, Karl Schmidt, was a Social Democrat who became a mason and house builder. Her mother, Katherina Schmidt, was the daughter of Julius Rupp,^[8] a Lu prints and drawings of kathe kollwitz biography5 JEP