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Kollwitz

American  
[kawl-vits] / ˈkɔl vɪts /

noun

  1. Käthe 1867–1945, German graphic artist and sculptor.


Kollwitz British  
/ ˈkɔlvɪts /

noun

  1. Käthe (ˈkɛːtə). 1867–1945, German lithographer and sculptress

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These images are no mere jeremiads but chilling depictions of suffering—both mental and physical—that bring to mind the most haunting works of Otto Dix, Max Beckmann and Käthe Kollwitz.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

The gift also includes paintings, drawings, prints and posters from Alfred Kubin, Oskar Kokoschka and Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, as well as German artists Lovis Corinth and Käthe Kollwitz.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2025

With “Peasants’ War,” Kollwitz again turned to the past to share her outrage at the injustices around her “which are never ending and as large as a mountain.”

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2024

Kollwitz lost her son in the fighting and explored the experience of mourning and suffering in her works.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

"Kathe Kollwitz," in By a Woman Writ, ed.

From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.

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