My paintings evoke the hand-painted, timeworn walls of a grand old Parisian mansion, each piece resembling an aged decorative panel adorned with birds and flowers, vines and leaves in a m…

Kathe Kollwitz

Death Seizing A Woman, 1934, Kathe Kollwitz

Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) “Zertretene” (The Downtrodden), 1900 Etching and aquatint printed with dark brown ink on thick wove paper. (Note that this print has been cleaned by a conservator and the von Becke blindstamp has been flattened and only the trace of it can be seen verso at the bottom right.) Size: (sheet) 80 x 43 cm; (plate) 62.8 x 23.8 cm Klipstein 48 (August Klipstein, 'Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes', Bern 1955) Condition: richly inked and well printed impression with full margins as published posthumously by von Becke in the 1960s (?). There appears to be rubbed areas in the aquatint and there is a printer’s crease, otherwise the print is in pristine condition after having been cleaned by a conservator. I am selling this very large Kollwitz etching for AU$550 in total (currently US$419.62/EUR374.16/GBP329.62 at the time of posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world. If you are interested in purchasing this visually arresting and important etching by one the truly great German printmakers, please contact me ([email protected]) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy. This print has been sold This very large etching (with aquatint) by Kollwitz is quite unlike many of her other prints. What I mean by this is that the bulk of Kollwitz’s prints focus on real life dramas whereas this print is like an icon that is richly laden with symbolism waiting to be deciphered and understood. The laid out figure is clearly Christ’s body, as symbolised by the lance wound to his chest that the standing figure with the sword, symbolising Justice, is indicating—or perhaps exploring like doubting Thomas. From what I understand after reading about this print is that the two nude women on the right—one bound by a rope to a column—are thought to symbolise Need and Shame. Sadly, Kollwitz has not documented the symbolic meanings underpinning the women so critics are only speculating about what they signify. From a personal standpoint, Kollwitz’s image of Christ pays homage to Holbein's famous painting, “The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb”, and I can easily understand why Holbein’s dead Christ would have resonated strongly with an artist like Kollwitz: Holbein’s image speaks graphically of grim sorrow. The long horizontal format and the colour of the ink—a dark umber—also make me think of the long bronze friezes on cenotaphs commemorating the tragedy of war, especially the coming two world wars that Kollwitz may have sensed were yet to come.

The deeply affecting drawings of Käthe Kollwitz.

Kathe Kollwitz uses positive and negative space extremely well in all her artworks. Dark figures are very evident in her works. Her works are quite depressing, and this reflects the social conditions of her time. Kathe Kollwitz was very influential, through her art making. She helps influence many new artists today. Some of her most common artworks are:

The seeds of Käthe Kollwitz's conviction and compassion were planted at an early age.

The Survivors Kathe Kollwitz Vintage Lithograph Book Art Print 1969 13X10 Double sided print, back is: 'Bread' Carefully and quickly shipped!

The deeply affecting drawings of Käthe Kollwitz.

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)

Kathe Kollwitz “How can I learn to shade objects in my drawings?” Shading objects in a drawing has everything to do with lighting. Light is what shows form. First of all, it’s im…

The deeply affecting drawings of Käthe Kollwitz.

KATHE KOLLWITZ After The Battle Etching

Museums celebrate Käthe Kollwitz's 150th anniversary year, so why is her work shunned by contemporary artists and the market?

Käthe Kollwitz was a German artist who focused on creating portraits of working class women, as well as making a lot of self-portraits. Self Portrait, 1934 Through her compositions, and her use of …

After a successful tour in which almost 90,000 people across four UK venues visited Portrait of the artist: Käthe Kollwitz, this exhibition of her prints now comes to the British Museum featuring new additions of the artist’s work.

Kathe Kollwitz’s “Krieg Cycle,” among the greatest 20th-century evocations of war and its human cost, is on view now at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College.

The deeply affecting drawings of Käthe Kollwitz.

My paintings evoke the hand-painted, timeworn walls of a grand old Parisian mansion, each piece resembling an aged decorative panel adorned with birds and flowers, vines and leaves in a m…

Lot 3340. FINE EARLY WIDE HIPPED KATHE KRUSE DOLL W/ OB. (12542)

Committed to portraying the plights of peasants, Kollwitz also rendered harrowing experiences of multiple wars.

Expressionist prints and drawings document the turbulence and wars that devastated modern Germany

A powerful new exhibition shows how the great Berliner raged against war and poverty – and how death was her lifelong creative companion

The Widow I, 1921, Kathe Kollwitz https://www.wikiart.org/en/kathe-kollwitz/not_detected_235984