Käthe Kollwitz
| 1867 |
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Born in Königsberg |
| 1885 - 1886 |
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Studied with Karl Stauffer-Bern at the School for Women Artists
in Berlin; impressed by Max Klinger's etchings; later
studied painting with Ludwig Herterich in Munich |
| 1893 |
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Small participation in the Free Art Exhibition in Berlin |
| 1904 |
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Sojourn in Paris |
| 1907 |
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Sojourn in Florence; trip to Rome |
| 1916 |
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Exhibition of the sculpture "The Lovers" at
the Free Secession in Berlin |
| 1919 |
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Named a member of the Prussian Academy of the Arts, simultaneously
awarded professorship |
| 1927 |
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Invited to Moscow |
| 1933 |
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Dismissed from her position as director of the master
class for graphic arts at the Prussian Academy of the Arts |
| 1944 |
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Resettled in Moritzburg near Dresden |
| 1945 |
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Died a few days before the end of the Second World War |
Picture Descriptions
KÄTHE KOLLWITZ
Honing, 1903, 29,5 x 28,5 cm, etching, aquatint, vernis mou, signed,
Klipstein 72 / IX, Knesebeck 88/ XI b
KÄTHE KOLLWITZ
Homework, 1925, 34,3 x 42,7 cm, lithography, signed, print on heavy
vellum, Klipstein 209 III
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