biografia di Käthe KOLLWITZ (1867-1945)
Personal data
Birth : 07/08/1867 - Kaliningrad, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Death : 04/22/1945 - Moritzburg, Germany
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany
Professional data
Work and Life
1932:She joined with other socialists in signing an appeal of unity against the Nazi Party.
1920:She joined Albert EINSTEIN, George GROSZ, Henri BARBUSSE and Upton SINCLAIR to form the International Workers Aid (IAH).
1910:Committed socialist, she produced drawings such as Homeless, Waiting for the Drunkard, Down to the River and Unemployment, that illustrated the poverty of working class people living in Germany.
1889:She married Karl KOLLWITZ, a doctor who worked in one of the poor districts of Berlin.
Work
Categorie and medium



Movements and styles
German Expressionism (Die Brücke, Der Blaue Reiter)Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Käthe Kollwitz
Blackwell Arts and Crafts House – Bowness-on-Windermere, United Kingdom
2002
1992
NGA National Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
1992
1978
1867-1945: Prints, Drawings, Sculpture
University of California at Riverside – Riverside CA, United States
1978
1967
In the Cause of Humanity
Galerie St. Etienne – New York NY, United States
1967
1961
Käthe Kollwitz: Sketch and Finished Work, Drawings, Rare Prints
Galerie St. Etienne – New York NY, United States
1961
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie St. Etienne – Suite 802 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Glöckner – Mommsenstrasse 65 – Cologne, Germany
2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Utermann – Silberstrasse 22 – Dortmund, Germany
2001
13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Galerie Glöckner – Mommsenstrasse 65 – Cologne, Germany
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Russeck Gallery – 203 Worth Avenue – Palm Beach FL, United States
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Glöckner – Mommsenstrasse 65 – Cologne, Germany
Group exhibitions
2002
Images of Women
Jack Rutberg Fine Arts – Los Angeles CA, United States
03/2002 – 04/30/2002
Workers of the World: Modern Images of Labor
Galerie St. Etienne – New York NY, United States
07/02/2002 – 06/15/2002
2001
The Black-and-White Show
Galerie St. Etienne – New York NY, United States
09/20/2001 – 11/10/2001
Recent Acquisitions
Galerie St. Etienne – New York NY, United States
09/01/2001 – 09/20/2001
International Offerings
Jack Rutberg Fine Arts – Los Angeles CA, United States
07/18/2001 – 09/01/2001
Evidence of Love, Romance, Desire & Fantasy
Jack Rutberg Fine Arts 357, North La Brea Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States
02/09/2001 – 03/31/2001
1999
The Modern Child: Images of Children in 20th Century Art
Galerie St. Etienne – New York NY, United States
09/14/1999 – 11/06/1999