Kathe Kollwitz was a German artist who is mainly associated with the Expressionist movement, though her earlier works were rooted in realism. Her skills included painting, printmaking, and sculpture. She was born in 1867 and when she was twelve her father encouraged her to take drawing lessons. Kollwitz pursued a career as an artist and enrolled in an art school for women located in Berlin, this was where she was exposed to the work of Max Kinger. Kinger’s etchings, techniques, and social beliefs greatly inspired her own work.

In 1888 Kollwitz became engaged and continued her training at a women’s art school in Munich, while she studied here she found herself drawn to draughtsmanship rather than traditional paintings. Her stunning work came to life through her drawings where she explored Expressionism.

Paintings by Kathe Kollwitz in Chronological Order

Need, 1893-1897	Death, 1893-1897	Conspiracy, 1893-1897
Revolt (By the Gates of a Park), 1897	The End, 1897	The March of the Weavers in Berlin, 1897
Gretchen, 1899	Pregnant Woman with Folded Hands, 1898-1899	The Carmagnole (Dance Around the Guillotine), 1901
Woman with Dead Child, 1903	Outbreak, 1908	The Prisoners, 1908
Death and Woman (Self-Portrait), 1910	The Mothers, 1919	Memorial for Karl Liebknecht, 1919
The Parents, 1919	Killed in Action, 1921	The Widow I, 1921
The Sacrifice, 1922	The Volunteers, 1922	The Parents, 1922
The Widow II, 1922	The Mothers, 1922	The People, 1922
The Survivors, 1923	Old Man with Noose, 1923	Hunger, 1923
Bread!, 1924	Germany’s Children Starve!, 1924	Self-Portrait, 1924
Never Again War, 1924	Two Chatting Women with Two Children, 1930	Solidarity, 1932
Mother with Child, 1933	Death Seizing A Woman, 1934	Call of Death, 1934
Hospital Visit	Mary and Elizabeth	Death with Girl in Her Lap
Whetting the Scythe