{"id":2665,"date":"2021-07-13T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=2665"},"modified":"2021-07-13T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T08:00:12","slug":"kathe-kollwitz","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/artist\/kathe-kollwitz\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u00e4the Kollwitz"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"block block-headline\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-1 col-md-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box text-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class='stagger-item'>1867 \u2013 1945 \/ German expressionist and realist graphic artist and sculptor<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"block block-headline margin-bottom-third\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class='stagger-item'>Growing up and first training<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 8\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p class=\"p1\">K\u00e4the Kollwitz was born in 1867 in K\u00f6nigsberg (Prussia). She grew up in a free-spirited family, which promoted her drawing talent and enabled her to get an artistic education. Kollwitz first studied in K\u00f6nigsberg and later also at art schools in Berlin, Munich, and Paris.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Her family supported her work as an artist so thoroughly that Kollwitz\u2019s father was disappointed by her marriage to doctor Karl Kollwitz in 1891, fearing that this would be the end of his daughter\u2019s artistic career. However, Kollwitz continues to be artistically active. Together with her husband and two sons, she lives and works in Prenzlauer Berg, a working-class district in Berlin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"block block-headline margin-bottom-third\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class='stagger-item'>Breakthrough in Berlin<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">In Berlin, she achieves her artistic breakthrough with the exhibition of her graphic cycle \u201cA Weberaufstand\u201d at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in 1898. However, the emperor refuses to award her extraordinary work with a gold medal, because she is a woman.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"block block-headline margin-bottom-third\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class='stagger-item'>Politically convinced \u2013 also in her art<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Increasingly, Kollwitz transforms her graphic arts into an instrument of social and political engagement, for example through her work for the satire magazine Simplicissimus. She grapples with the ideas of the women\u2019s rights movement and becomes a socialist. The death of her son in the First World War deeply affects Kollwitz, influencing her further artistic work and causing her to become a pacifist.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image block-standard-image-medium\"  data-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"masking\":true,\"breakpoint\":{\"tablet\":true,\"desktop\":true},\"full\":{\"y\":[-15,15]}}'> <!-- data-motion-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"tween\":{\"yPercent\": [-15,15]}}' -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template>\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_663a4f07cebf5\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Kollwotz_Pieta-233x300.jpg\",\"width\":233,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"Kollwotz_Pieta-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Kollwotz_Pieta-341x440.jpg\",\"width\":341,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Kollwotz_Pieta.jpg\",\"width\":398,\"height\":513}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"Trailer abspielen\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:128.89447236181%; \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">K&auml;the Kollwitz, Piet&agrave;, 1938\/39<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"block block-headline margin-bottom-third\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class='stagger-item'>Germany\u2019s most famous artist<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Already during her lifetime, the graphic designer, painter and sculptor is regarded as Germany\u2019s most famous artistic export and is particularly well known in the USA. In 1899, she joins the oppositional group of artists &#8220;Berliner Secession&#8221;. In 1919, she became the first female member of the Prussian Academy of Arts, and ten years later she also became the first woman to be awarded the medal \u201cPour le M\u00e9rite f\u00fcr Wissenschaften und K\u00fcnste\u201d, which is considered the highest award of the Weimar Republic. She exhibits internationally and her art is already bought by collectors during her lifetime.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"block block-headline margin-bottom-third\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class='stagger-item'>Political Persecution under National Socialism<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">With the rise of National Socialism, Kollwitz\u2019s deeply political artistic work had to come to a halt. Like fellow artist and political activist Heinrich Mann, Kollwitz was forced to resign from the Prussian Academy of Arts in 1933. Exhibitions of Kollwitz\u2019s art are vehemently prohibited in Germany, which is tantamount to an exhibition ban. After the death of her husband, Kollwitz leaves Berlin in 1943 and dies in 1945 shortly before the end of the Second World War.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image block-standard-image-medium\"  data-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"masking\":true,\"breakpoint\":{\"tablet\":true,\"desktop\":true},\"full\":{\"y\":[-15,15]}}'> <!-- data-motion-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"tween\":{\"yPercent\": [-15,15]}}' -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"block block-headline margin-bottom-third\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class='stagger-item'>An exception to the rule<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">While many of her contemporaries were completely omitted from art history, K\u00e4the Kollwitz fortunately remains world-famous today, making her a famous exception to the rule.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":1513,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/2665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/2665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2667,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/2665\/revisions\/2667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}