Thinking of Käthe Kollwitz and her passionate and bravely public hatred of war

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22 September 1970: stamps issued in East Germany depicting works by Käthe Kollwitz, Ernst Barlach & Otto Nagel. This stamp shows Kollwitz's 'Nie wieder Krieg'.

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Käthe Kollwitz - Hunger

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‘Woman with dead Child.’ by Käthe Kollwitz (1903)

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‘Woman with dead Child.’ by Käthe Kollwitz (1903)

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الرسامة Käthe Kollwitz عاشت بفترة فقر وحروب وامراض واعمالها تصور الشيء هذا بشكل خارق! من الكموبزشن والاضاءة والاهتمام بالاشكال الى المبالغة بتعابير الوجه بشكل يناسب رسوماتها. تقدر تحس بالاكتئاب والخوف وانعدام الأمل في وجه ولغة جسد كل شخصية!

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❝My work is not pure art… but it is art nonetheless. It is all right with me that my work serves a purpose. I want to have an effect on my time, in which human beings are so confused and in need of help.❞

—Käthe Kollwitz, born on this day, July 8, in 1867

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"I want to have an effect on my in which humans are so confused and in need of

Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) in what is now

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"I want to have an effect on my time, in which humans are so confused and in need of

Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) in what is now

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"I want to have an effect on my time, in which humans are so confused and in need of help."

Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) in what is now

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German artist Käthe Kollwitz was born in 1867. She is known for the empathetic quality of her art. Her prints, drawings, and sculpture are imbued with eloquent and often painful commentary on the human condition, especially the horrors of war.

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Käthe Kollwitz
July 8, 1867

Born in the Prussian city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia), Käthe Kollwitz established herself in an art world dominated by men by developing an aesthetic vision centered on women and the working class.

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