Kathe Kollwitz

German printmaker and sculptor (1867-1945)

Kathe Kollwitzwas a German artist who worked with painting, printmakingand 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.

Family Info

Siblings

Conrad Schmidt

Lisbeth Stern

Spouses

Karl Kollwitz

Children

Hans Kollwitz

Peter Kollwitz

About the Kathe Kollwitz

Kathe Kollwitzwas a German artist who worked with painting, printmakingand 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. Despite the realism of her early works, her art is now more closely associated with Expressionism. Kollwitz was the first woman not only to be elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts but also to receive honorary professor status.