biografía de 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


Print-Multiple :
Sculpture-Volume :
Drawing-Watercolor :

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

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Dictionaries

1991

L’art du XXème siècle
Publisher: Larousse – 21 rue du Montparnasse – Paris, France
Author: Breuille Jean-Philippe
1991
ISBN : 2035113083

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