German printmaker and sculptor (1867–1945)

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Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) : medizinisch wichtige Darstellungen in ihrem Werke / Hildegard Schubert ; mit einem Beitrag von M. Putscher.

Käthe Kollwitz : Schmerz und Schuld eine motivgeschichtliche Betrachtung Ausstellung aus Anlass des 50. Todestages von Käthe Kollwitz und zum Gedenken der 50. Wiederkehr des Endes des Zweiten Weltkriegs / [Redaktion, Gudrun Fritsch, Martin Fritsch, Annette Seeler].

A woman and a boy visiting a man in hospital. Woodcut by Käthe Kollwitz, 1929.

A physician examining the chest of a thin, perhaps tuberculous, boy, in the presence of the latter's mother. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

A physician examining the chest of a thin, perhaps tuberculous boy, in the presence of the latter's mother. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

Head of an intoxicated man raging against his wife, showing a reason for a week of opposition to alcohol. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1923.

Mothers holding their sick children waiting to consult a physician. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

A mother protecting her baby, representing an appeal for starving children. Photolithograph after K. Kollwitz.

A mother sick in bed with her children before her. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

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Käthe Kollwitz

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Images by Käthe Kollwitz

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A physician examining the chest of a thin, perhaps tuberculous, boy, in the presence of the latter's mother. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

A mother protecting her baby, representing an appeal for starving children. Photolithograph after K. Kollwitz.

Käthe Kollwitz : Schmerz und Schuld eine motivgeschichtliche Betrachtung Ausstellung aus Anlass des 50. Todestages von Käthe Kollwitz und zum Gedenken der 50. Wiederkehr des Endes des Zweiten Weltkriegs / [Redaktion, Gudrun Fritsch, Martin Fritsch, Annette Seeler].

A mother sick in bed with her children before her. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

A physician examining the chest of a thin, perhaps tuberculous boy, in the presence of the latter's mother. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

Käthe Kollwitz

Images from the collections

Images by Käthe Kollwitz

Works from the collections

A physician examining the chest of a thin, perhaps tuberculous, boy, in the presence of the latter's mother. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

A mother protecting her baby, representing an appeal for starving children. Photolithograph after K. Kollwitz.

Käthe Kollwitz : Schmerz und Schuld eine motivgeschichtliche Betrachtung Ausstellung aus Anlass des 50. Todestages von Käthe Kollwitz und zum Gedenken der 50. Wiederkehr des Endes des Zweiten Weltkriegs / [Redaktion, Gudrun Fritsch, Martin Fritsch, Annette Seeler].

A mother sick in bed with her children before her. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

A physician examining the chest of a thin, perhaps tuberculous boy, in the presence of the latter's mother. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.

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