Käthe Kollwitz
type: CreativeWork
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31061949
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320131350
abstract: Käthe Kollwitz (1867?1945) developed a mastery of graphic art which quickly established her reputation in Germany, then further afield as her influence spread internationally after the First World War. Establishing herself in an art world dominated by men, Kollwitz developed a vision centred on women and the working class. 'Portrait of the Artist' looks at her work through the exploration of self-portraits and portraits of working women, her two great series concerned with social injustice: Ein Weberaufstand (A Weavers' Revolt, 1897) and Bauernkrieg (Peasants' War, 1908), the ever-present imagery of death, especially a mother's grief, and finally the theme of war and remembrance after her younger son, Peter, had been killed at the beginning of the First World War. The exhibition is drawn from the collection of the British Museum and is complemented by a small number of loans from a private owner and The Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham.
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31018932
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310192774
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31115429
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/311192776
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31135263
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31142578
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31154655
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31061949
language: eng
name: Portrait of the artist
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301282381

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property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 282381