KATHE KOLLWITZ Signed 1905 Original Vintage Etching Frauenkopf

  

KATHE KOLLWITZ Signed 1905 Original Vintage Etching. Kollwitz's art resounds with compassion as she makes appeals on behalf of the working poor, the suffering and the sick. Her work serves as an indictment of the social conditions in.

During the late 19th and early 20th century. The daughter of a well-to-do mason, Kathe Schmidt was born in.

Her father encouraged her to draw and when she was 14 years old she began art lessons. She attended The Berlin School of Art in 1884 and later went to study in. After her marriage to Dr.

Karl Kollwitz in 1891, the couple settled in. Living in one of the poorest sections of the city. It was here that Kollwitz developed her strong social conscious, which is so fiercely reflected in her work. Her art features dark, oppressive subject matter depicting the revolts and uprisings of contemporary relevance.

Images of death, war and injustice dominate her work. Kollwitz was influenced by Max Klinger and the realist writings of Zola, and she worked with a variety of media including sculpture, and lithography. It may be argued that her work was an expression of her tumultuous life. Her personal life was marred by hardship and heartache.

She lost her son to World War I and her grandson to World War II and these losses contributed to her political sympathies. Kathe Kollwitz became the first woman elected to the. But because of her beliefs, and her art, she was expelled from the academy in 1933. Harassed by the Nazi regime, Kollwitz's home was bombed in 1943. She was forbidden to exhibit, and her art was classified as degenerate.

Despite these events, Kollwitz remained in. Unlike artists such as Max Beckman and George Grosz, who fled the country. This rare original vintage etching is entitled.

93/IV, and is signed in pencil by the artist on the front lower right "Kollwitz". It is printed in dark brown on wove paper, Knesebeck's state IV (of Vc), from Richter edition printed in 1921.

It measures 12 ½" x 17 ¾" (sheet), 5 ½" x 9" (plate) and is unframed. The item "KATHE KOLLWITZ Signed 1905 Original Vintage Etching Frauenkopf" is in sale since Saturday, May 29, 2010. This item is in the category "Art\Art Prints".

The seller is "sf-fineart" and is located in Los Angeles, California. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.

• Original/Reproduction: Original Print
• Signed: Signed
• Edition Type: Limited Edition
• Print Type: Etching
• Subject: Figures & Portraits
• Style: Expressionism
• Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30")
• Date of Creation: 1900-1949
• Features: Signed