kathe kollwitz

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Faimily: had a spouse named Karl Kollwitz. her moms name Katherina Schmidt and her dads name is also Karl Schmidt she had 4 siblings Julie Schmidt, Conrd Schmidt, Lisbeth Sterm and Benjamin Schmidt. She had 2 sons Peter Kollwitz and Hans Kollwitz

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Childhood: It is believed Kollwitz suffered anxiety during her childhood due to the death of her siblings, including the early death of her younger brother, Benjamin.[16] More recent research suggests that Kollwitz may have suffered from a childhood neurological disorder dysmetropsia

she grow up in
Königsberg

other then a artist Kollwitz was a committed socialist and pacifis

was born July 8, 1867 - Königsberg, East Prussia
and died April 22, 1945 - Moritzburg, Germany July 8, 1867 -

Recognizing her talent, Kollwitz's father arranged for her to begin lessons in drawing and copying plaster casts on 14 August 1879 when she was twelve. In 1885-6 she began her formal study of art under the direction of Karl Stauffer-Bern, a friend of the artist Max Klinger, at the School for Women Artists in Berlin.

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the kind of art that she did wasDrypoint, Etching, Expressionism, Self-portrait, and Woodcut

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Inspirations

In 1916, she was voted to become the first woman juror of the Berlin New Secession, and in 1919, she became the first woman elected to the Prussian Academy of the Arts (though she refused to use the title of professor.

Between 1913 and 1915 she created the »Liebesgruppe« (Group of Lovers). From 1913 to 1918 the artist was predominantly occupied with her sculptural work.

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Pour Le Mérite 1929[2]

In 1916, she was voted to become the first woman juror of the Berlin New Secession.

she created the group Liebesgruppe