Kollwitz, Käthe 1867-1945

Käthe Kollwitz : graphics, posters, drawings by Käthe Kollwitz ( Book )
371 editions published between 1900 and 2010 in 15 languages and held by 1,588 libraries worldwide
Overzicht van het werk van de Duitse schilderes (1867-1945).

Käthe Kollwitz by Elizabeth Prelinger ( Book )
6 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 1,218 libraries worldwide
Few artists are as universally beloved as the German printmaker, draftsman, and sculptor Kathe Kollwitz, whose powerful images of mothers and children and of protest against social injustice have long been admired by both critics and the public. Kollwitz, a woman in a field dominated by men, steadfastly adhered to a figurative style in the era of abstraction and depicted socially engaged subject matter when it was unfashionable. Kollwitz is largely known through political posters and restrikes of her prints. Her reputation has to some extent been dominated by an emphasis on the social content of her work, often at the expense of her remarkable artistic skills. The present study challenges that view by focusing on the artistic aspect of her achievement. The book consists of three essays on Kollwitz. Elizabeth Prelinger provides a reassessment of Kollwitz as an artist; Alessandra Comini presents a richly atmospheric discussion of the artist's life in Berlin during the tumultuous period that spanned two world wars; and Hildegard Bachert surveys the reception of Kollwitz in Germany and the United States as manifested in collections of her works. The volume, which includes a selection of the finest examples of Kollwitz' oeuvre, juxtaposes preparatory drawings with finished art, illustrating the arduous experimental processes by which she attained her brilliant results. Themes important to Kollwitz--such as self-portraits, social activism as illustrated in the cycles A Weavers' Rebellion and Peasants' War, love and death, nudes, workers, war and revolution--are explored in depth in all media. The book will serve as the catalogue for an exhibition of Kollwitz' prints, drawings, and works of sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from May 3 to August 26, 1992.

Prints and drawings of Käthe Kollwitz by Käthe Kollwitz ( Book )
3 editions published in 1969 in English and held by 1,172 libraries worldwide

Kaethe Kollwitz, drawings by Käthe Kollwitz ( Book )
10 editions published between 1900 and 1962 in English and held by 883 libraries worldwide

The diary and letters of Kaethe Kollwitz by Käthe Kollwitz ( Book )
29 editions published between 1948 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 794 libraries worldwide

Käthe Kollwitz : the power of the print by Jane Kallir ( Book )
8 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 184 libraries worldwide

Ich will wirken in dieser Zeit". Auswahl aus den Tagebüchern und Briefen, aus Graphik, Zeichnungen und Plastik by Käthe Kollwitz ( Book )
18 editions published between 1952 and 2003 in German and held by 175 libraries worldwide

The drawings of Käthe Kollwitz by Käthe Kollwitz ( Book )
5 editions published between 1967 and 1972 in German and English and held by 170 libraries worldwide

The drawings of Kaethe Kollwitz by Käthe Kollwitz ( Book )
3 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 170 libraries worldwide

Die Tagebücher by Käthe Kollwitz ( Book )
9 editions published in 1989 in German and held by 167 libraries worldwide