Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog number |
97.4.4 |
Artist |
Kollwitz, Käthe |
Title |
Death Attacks |
Date |
1935 |
Object Name |
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Description |
Lithograph by Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945), entitled "Death Attacks" from the series "Abschied und Tod", included in a portfolio of ten lithographs, 1941. "Death Attacks" a lithograph by Kathe Kollwitz, a German artist, who is known for her expressive depictions of the effects of poverty, hunger, and war on the working class. The women in Kollwitz’s work, including her self portraits, are worried and suffering but alert with their eyes wide open; they are mourning but also survivors and protectors. In 1933, the Nazi government forced her to resign her position as the first female professor appointed to the Prussian Academy (in 1919); soon thereafter she was forbidden to exhibit her art which was classified as "degenerate." |
Medium/Material |
Ink on paper |
Dimensions |
H-19.5 W-14.75 inches |
Search Terms |
Modern 20th century AD Expressionism Women artists Emotions Portrait Figural Death Horror Social problems Germany Europe |
Culture |
German |