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Käthe Kollwitz

35 works

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) was a German printmaker and sculptor whose etchings, lithographs and woodcuts show poverty, war and grief, as in her print series The Weavers and Peasants' War. Read more

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Oil portrait of a young woman with pinned hair, white blouse and high dark collar, seated against a dark background.

Else Rautenberg

1889

Loose oil sketch of a shaded garden with tree trunks, wooden tables and benches, and a green lawn beyond.

Beer Garden (in Munich?)

1889

Dark ink drawing of a weeping woman holding a child, flanked by two anguished faces, on tan paper.

Zeichnung zu Volks

1921

Charcoal drawing of a hooded woman leaning on a railing before a city; reverse shows three pencil studies of a child.

Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto) Three Studies of a Child (verso)

c. 1926

Charcoal drawing of a hooded woman leaning on a railing, head bowed with hand at her face, before a blurred city street.

Pregnant Woman Contemplating Suicide (recto)

c. 1926

Etching of a dim wooden room with bunk beds, two figures lying on the floor, and mourning figures standing nearby.

The End (Ende)

1897

Drawn figures of a woman embracing a limp child across her lap, shaded in grey with a blue background.

Frau mit totem Kind (Woman with Dead Child)

1903

Small lithograph of a woman's face turned left, in soft black tones on a cream sheet, signed in the lower right.

Kleines Selbstbildnis nach links (Small Self-Portrait towards left)

1922

Etching of a woman seated at a lamplit table with paper and scissors, looking toward the viewer against a dark background.

Zelfportret aan tafel

1893

Etching of a woman seated at a table under a hanging oil lamp, gazing toward the viewer in a dark interior.

Self-Portrait at a Table

1893

Etching of a crowd of ragged figures with raised arms dancing through a narrow cobbled street led by a drummer.

De Carmagnole

1901

Black woodcut of a gaunt, starving figure in the foreground with a crucified figure with visible ribs behind him.

Hunger

1923

Etching of a mother embracing a child while a skeletal death figure looms on the left, rendered in brown tones.

Mother, Death and Child

Etching of a crowd of raised arms and tools surging forward, with a dark banner at right and a pale flying figure above.

Revolt (Aufruhr)

1899

Charcoal drawing of a standing worker in a loose coat, face lined and weary, hands hanging low at his sides.

Stehender Arbeiter

Lithograph portrait of a man with tousled hair, head tilted down, lit from the right against a dark green background.

Working Woman with Blue Shawl

1903

Poster by Käthe Kollwitz showing a man's face and hands gripping prison bars, with German text calling for the release of pri

Heraus mit unsern Gefangenen! Tretet alle dem Volksbund zum Schutze der deutschen Kriegs- u. Zivilgefangenen bei!

1919

Charcoal sketch of a dim, long interior with a hunched figure at a table and a standing figure at the left.

Szene aus "Germinal"

Dark etching of a hooded woman bending over fallen figures on a battlefield under a dusky sky.

Slachtfeld

1921

Lithograph of a woman with her hand pressed to her head, hair falling across her face, rendered in soft grey tones.

Vrouw met haar hand voor het hoofd

1920

Lithograph of a smiling woman touching a child's head while another figure embraces the child from behind.

Eltern mit Kind (Auflage der Deutschen Bildkunst-Hilfe e. V., Leipzig)

1931

Etching of a bent woman sharpening a scythe, head lowered, with dense dark hatching and a pale blue wash on the arm.

Beim Dengeln (Blatt 3 aus "Bauernkrieg", 2. Zustand)

1905

Charcoal drawing of a gaunt woman, a sad child, and a hooded figure with outstretched hand against a dark background.

Beggars

1924

Lithograph of three figures in dark tones: an elderly person, a woman with outstretched hands, and a sorrowful child.

Bettelnde (Begging)

1924

Lithograph of a stooping woman in a long skirt reaching toward two children who look up at her, with the word Brot written be

Bread (Brot)

1924

Black and white lithograph of hungry children with upturned faces reaching toward empty bowls and spoons beside an adult figu

Germany's Children are Hungry! (Deutschlands Kinder Hungern!)

1924

Lithograph portrait of a young child with large eyes and loose hair tied with a bow, on pale paper.

Portret van een kind, waarschijnlijk Lotte Nagel

1925

Zelfportret en profil

1929

Lithograph of two close figures with heads leaning together, drawn in soft black crayon strokes on cream paper.

Drie luisterende figuren

1927

Dark brown print of four men seated around a table in a dim interior lit by a hanging lamp.

Vier mannen zitten rond een tafel

1898

Etching of a skeletal death figure in a dark room, reaching toward a man in bed beside a frightened child.

De dood haalt een man uit zijn gezin

1897

Charcoal poster of a gaunt man with closed eyes, surrounded by reaching hands, with the text "Helft Russland" above.

Helft Russland. Komite Arbeiterhilfe Berlin

1921

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) was a German printmaker and sculptor whose etchings, lithographs and woodcuts show poverty, war and grief, as in her print series The Weavers and Peasants' War. Browse 35 works by Käthe Kollwitz from 12 museums, free to download in HD.