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Käthe Kollwitz
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kathe Kollwitz, Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz, Käthe née Schmidt, Kaethe Kollwitz, Kėte Kolʹvit︠s︡, Käthe Schmidt, Kʻo-le-hui-chih, Kathe Schmidt
German printmaker and sculptor (1867–1945)
OverviewAI-generated
Käthe Kollwitz was an author and artist active during the early twentieth century. She was born in 1867 and died in 1945. Her body of work includes titles such as *Die Weber*, *Kollwitz/Barlach ...*, *Kaethe Kollwitz*, *Aus Tagebüchern und Briefen*, and *Das plastische Werk*. Records indicate she produced 120 works, with other sources citing counts of 36 and 5.
Her career included a period from 1914 to 1918. She is referenced by 360 other encyclopedia articles. MusicBrainz classifies her as a group, while Last.fm data shows 44 listeners and 331 plays associated with her name.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Europeana Sparql, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1867
- Died
- 1945
- Works
- 120
Top works
- Die Weber
- Kollwitz/Barlach ...
- Kaethe Kollwitz
- Aus Tagebüchern und Briefen
- Das plastische Werk
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 44
- Total plays
- 331
Käthe Kollwitz changed their name to just Kollwitz in 2008. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/K%C3%A4the+Kollwitz">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reconstitution of Cellular Immunity against Cytomegalovirus in Recipients of Allogeneic Bone Marrow by Transfer of T-Cell Clones from the Donor
· 1995 · cited 1,463x
- Carboxylic Acids as Substrates in Homogeneous Catalysis
· 2008 · cited 1,235x
- Late Transition Metal-Catalyzed Hydroamination and Hydroamidation
· 2015 · cited 1,060x
- Carbonsäuren als Substrate in der homogenen Katalyse
· 2008 · cited 297x
- Optimal literature search for systematic reviews in surgery
· 2017 · cited 229x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “I am gradually approaching the period in my life when work comes first. When both the boys went away for Easter, I hardly did anything but work. Worked, slept, ate and went for short walks. But above all I worked. And yet I wonder whether the "blessing" is not missing from such work. No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.”
- “For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.”
- “There must be understanding between the artist and the people. In the best ages of art that has always been the case. Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius — and I count myself among these — have to restore the lost connection once more.”
- “I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate. It is my duty to voice the sufferings of people, the sufferings that never end and are as big as mountains.”
- “For me the Koenigsberg longshoremen had beauty; the Polish jimkes on their grain ships had beauty; the broad freedom of movement in the gestures of the common people had beauty. Middle-class people held no appeal for me at all. Bourgeois life on the whole seemed to me pedantic.”
- “Every war already carries within it the war that will answer it. Every war is answered by a new war, until everything is smashed. That is why I am so wholeheartedly for a radical end to this madness and why my only hope is in world socialism.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kate
- Family name
- Schmidt
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- German Empire
- Place of birth
- Kaliningrad
- Place of death
- Moritzburg
- Spouse
- Karl Kollwitz
- Occupation
- professor
- Position held
- full professor
- Educated at
- Art Academy Königsberg
- Political party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Field of work
- art of sculpture
- Genre
- figurative art
- Movement
- Expressionism
- Image
- Denkmal für Käthe Kollwitz, Straße der Erinnerung, Berlin, 2013.jpg
- Work location
- Amsterdam
Show 18 more facts
- influenced by
- Max Klinger
- catalog code
- 127
- Commons category
- Käthe Kollwitz
- date of birth
- 1867-01-01
- date of death
- 1945-01-01
- relative
- Maria Matray
- Commons gallery
- Käthe Kollwitz
- member of
- Berlin Secession
- Commons Creator page
- Käthe Kollwitz
- place of burial
- Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
- topic's main category
- Category:Käthe Kollwitz
- name in native language
- Käthe Kollwitz
- has works in the collection
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- birth name
- Käthe Schmidt
- point in time
- 1914-00-00
- end time
- 1918-00-00
- start time
- 1914-00-00
- P8168
- Q1212690
Sources (12)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Käthe Kollwitz, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Mother Kraus driving into happiness
Seated
Karl-Liebknecht memorial sheet
Standing worker with cap
Down with the abortion section!
Three Hungarians
Standing worker with cap
Woman with scythe
Self-portrait
Standing worker with cap
Never again war!
Home work
Demonstration
action
Memorial stone
Old Workers
Fallen
Mother at the bed of the dead child
Self-portrait
burrow
Working women, mothers breastfeeding your children
Self-portrait
Mourning parents
Captives, listening to music
“Germany’s children are starving!,” poster for international workers' assistance
Fallen
Pietà
Demonstration
War of war
Bread!
Letter from Käthe Kollwitz to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Käthe Kollwitz to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Käthe Kollwitz to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Käthe Kollwitz to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Käthe Kollwitz to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Käthe Kollwitz to Gerhart Hauptmann
~17 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Käthe Kollwitz ( German pronunciation: [kɛːtə kɔlvɪt͡s] born Schmidt; 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 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.
Early life
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