artist 15: käthe kollwitz

Death Grabbing at a Group of Children, 1934

Small Self-Portrait (plate 3) from German Printmakers of Our Time, 1920

Two Chatting Women with Two Children, 1930

Woman Entrusts Herself to Death, 1934

Young Girl in the Lap of Death, 1934

Born in 1867 in what is now Kaliningrad, Russia, Kathe Kollwitz is known for her pieces rich with themes of mourning, death, and hardship. They are just chilling--I can't imagine living in a day where images like this were real life. I like how she is able to put a form to something abstract like death; it gives her images even greater power. To see more of her work and learn more about her art processes, visit this website.