Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)

"Käthe Kollwitz, née Schmidt (German pronunciation: [kɛːtə kɔlvɪt͡s]; 8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945), 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 war on the work class. Despite the realism of her early works, her art is now more closely associated with Expressionism. Kollwitz was the first woman to not only be elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts but to also receive honorary professor status." - (en.wikipedia.org 19.11.2019)

Also known as: Käthe Schmidt (Birth name)

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What we know

Background

was born	Königsberg July 8, 1867 ^↓
Wife of	Karl Kollwitz 1891 ^↓
was influenced	Auguste Rodin ^↓ Paris ^↓, Meudon ^↓ 1904 ^↓
died	Moritzburg April 22, 1945 ^↓
Friend	Otto Nagel ^↓
Friend	Clara Siewert ^↓
Friend	Sophie Wolff ^↓
believed in religion	Protestantische Freikirche ^↓
daughter of	Carl Schmidt (Prediger) ^↓
daughter of	Katharina Schmidt ^↓
mother of	Hans Kollwitz ^↓
mother of	Peter Kollwitz ^↓
sister of	Conrad Schmidt ^↓
sister of	Julie Hofferichter ^↓
sister of	Lisbeth Stern ^↓
was influenced	Edvard Munch ^↓
was influenced	Max Klinger ^↓

Biography

Student	Rudolf Maurer (Königsberg) Königsberg 1882-1883 ^↓
Student	Karl Stauffer-Bern ^↓ Berlin ^↓ July 1887 ^↓, 1886 ^↓, 1886-1887 ^↓
Student	Ludwig von Herterich Munich 1888, 1889, 1888-1889 ^↓
Student	Rudolf Maurer (Königsberg) Königsberg 1889-1890 ^↓
showcased works	Große Berliner Kunstausstellung 1898 ^↓
Traveller	Paris 1901 ^↓
teacher	Künstlerinnenschule Berlin 1898-1903 ^↓
Traveller	Paris 1904 ^↓
lived	Kollwitzstraße 56 a (Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg)^↓ 1891-1943
Supporter	Robert Liebknecht 1919 ^↓
official	professor ^↓ Prussian Academy of Arts ^↓ January 24, 1919 ^↓, February 1933, 1919-1933 ^↓
Traveller	Soviet Union November 1927 ^↓
lived	Nordhausen, Thuringia 1943-1944 ^↓
lived	Moritzburg 1944-1945 ^↓
classmate	Beate Bonus-Jeep ^↓
classmate	Marianne Fiedler ^↓
classmate	Betty Wolff ^↓
classmate	Hedwig Weiß Berlin, Munich ^↓
has met	Ilse Schütze-Schur ^↓
has met	Julie Wolfthorn ^↓
teacher	Margret Böning ^↓
used art style	Portrait ^↓
used art style	illustration ^↓
used method / technique	Drawing ^↓
used method / technique	plastic arts ^↓
used method / technique	Graphics ^↓
used method / technique	Art of painting ^↓
was supported	Max Lehrs ^↓

Bibliography

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945). 2012. Die Tagebücher 1908-1943. . ed: Jutta Bohnke-Kollwitz (1923-).

Sources & Mentions

Alexandra von dem Knesebeck (1962-). 1998. "Käthe Kollwitz. DIe prägenden Jahre". . 288.
Alexandra von dem Knesebeck (1962-). 2002. Käthe Kollwitz. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik. Galerie Kornfeld. ed: Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Köln.
Annette Seeler. 2016. "Käthe Kollwitz. Die Plastik, Werkverzeichnis". . 432 S..
Gudrun Fritsch. 2012. Käthe Kollwitz und Russland. Eine Wahlverwandtschaft. Seemann-Verlag. ed: Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin.
Iris Berndt (1968-). 2015. Käthe Kollwitz in Berlin. Ein Stadtrundgang / A City Tour. Berlin: Lukas Verlag. ed: Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin.
Iris Berndt (1968-). 2017. Käthe Kollwitz. Eine Spurensuche im Kaliningrader Gebiet (dt./russ.). . ed: Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin.
Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945). 2012. Die Tagebücher 1908-1943. . ed: Jutta Bohnke-Kollwitz (1923-).
Werner Timm (1929-1999). 1980. Die Handzeichnungen / Käthe Kollwitz. Henschelverlag. ed: Otto Nagel (1894-1967) & Sybille Schallenberg-Nagel (1943-2015).
Yury Winterberg (1965-) & Sonya Winterberg (1970-). 2015. Kollwitz. Die Biografie. C. Bertelsmann.
n.a. s.a. Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen 1867. http://www.vdbk1867.de/enzyklopaedie/
n.a. 1992. Käthe, Paula und der ganze Rest. Künstlerinnenlexikon. Berlin. ed: Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen.
n.a. 2010. "Paris bezauberte mich ...". Käthe Kollwitz und die französische Moderne. Hirmer. ed: Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Köln.
n.a. 2015. Quo vadis, mater? Künstlerinnen des Berliner Lyceum-Clubs 1905-1933. Ausstellungskatalog. Hrsg.: Internationaler Lyceum-Club Berlin e.V. Berlin 2015. .
n.a. 2017. Käthe Kollwitz und ihre Freunde. Katalog zur Sonderausstellung anlässlich des 150. Geburtstages von Käthe Kollwitz. Lukas Verlag. ed: Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin & Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin.

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Käthe Kollwitz: Bildnis einer Arbeiterfrau mit blauem Tuch

Käthe Kollwitz: Weberzug (4. Blatt des Weberzyklus)

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Autographed/Signed Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)

[Relation to person or institution] Karl Liebknecht (1871-1919)

[Relation to person or institution] Spartacus League

[Relation to person or institution] Communist Party of Germany

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