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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

Born in 1867, Kollwitz was an avowed socialist whose career stretched from the 1890s to the 1940s, a period of tremendous social upheaval and two world wars.

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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