Käthe Kollwitz

(German, 1867–1945)

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Käthe Kollwitz

SELBSTBILDNIS IM PROFIL, 1927

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Käthe Kollwitz

Arbeiterfrau im Profil nach links, 1903

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Biography

Timeline

1867
Born in Königsberg, East Prussia
1884
Attended School for Women Artists, Berlin, Germany
1914
Death of youngest son Peter in battle; resulted in a prolonged depression and subsequent works based on WWI and her son
1919
First female member of the Prussian Academy, Berlin, Germany
1943
Work banned by the Nazis, Berlin, Germany
1945
Died in Moritzburg, Germany

Exhibitions

2012
Wilhelm Loth Und KÄthe Kollwitz, Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln, Cologne, Germany
2011
The Industrial Modern, MMoCA The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse, MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
2010
Paris bezauberte mich - Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln, Cologne
2008
Transforming Reality, Galerie St. Etienne, New York City, NY
2007
Apocalypse Now: The Theater of War,CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
Private Treasures: Four Centuries of European Master Drawings, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
International Incheon Women Artist's Biennale 2007, International Incheon Women Artist's Biennale, Incheon, South Korea
Body Politics: Figurative Prints and Drawings from Schiele to De Kooning, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Was ist Plastik? 100 Jahre-100 Köpfe-Das Jahrhundert moderner Skulptur, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Center of International Sculpture, Duisburg,Germany

Public Collections

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA