Kthe Kollwitz: A survey of her work 1867-1945

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"I want to have an effect during this age in which people are so perplexed and in need of help." This sentence, a diary entry from 1922, is the creed of a great artist. It is as topical today as it was then. Kthe Kollwitz (1867 - 1945) achieved worldwide respect with her drawings, printed graphics and sculptures even during her lifetime.With her great cycles of graphic works Ein Weberaufstand (A Weavers' Revolt) and Bauernkrieg (The Peasant War), Kthe Kollwitz demonstrated her skills as a graphic artist at an early stage in a remarkable manner. From the start of her career her etchings, lithographs and woodcuts were included in the collections of renowned art institutes. Her fame as an artist grew steadily and was acknowledged by countless awards. In 1919 she was even the first woman to be appointed professor by the Prussian Academy of Arts. This new monograph presents with unprecedented density the life and work of Kthe Kollwitz, one of the most important German women artists of Classic Modernism.

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This book is borne of a sustained career-long engagement by its author with the richly nuanced ideas, thoughts, intellectual and artistic traditions with which Kollwitz immersed herself in order to produce art that continues to inspire passion and admiration across the globe. * The Art Newspaper *
Too often Kollwitzs work is offered in muted tones, but here the beautiful and abundant illustrations are vivid and bold. An outstanding volume that should appeal to the widest range of readers, the book includes a valuable life chronology and endnotes, along with brief text by the collections staff. . . . Essential. * Choice *
Selected as a top art book of 2022. * The Art Newspaper *

Author Bio

Hannelore Fischer is an art historian and director of the Kthe Kollwitz Museum in Cologne.