Killed In Action Kathe Kollwitz. Kathe kollwitz lost her only son in the war (and later, in the second world war, her only grandson). Kollwitz's first son, hans, was born in 1892 and her second son, peter, was born in 1896.
The illustration right shows a enveloppe, that was returned to the sender, because the soldier the letter was addressed to, was 'killed in action'. Over the next few years kollwitz produced a series of drawings illustrating the impact that war had on women. In 1913, kollwitz cofounded the organization of women artists, coinciding with her foray into sculpture.
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Kathe kollwitz lost her only son in the war (and later, in the second world war, her only grandson). Kollwitz’s younger son peter volunteered for combat when the war began and died in october 1914 while fighting in belgium. Gallery label from german expressionism:
Two Months Later, In October 1914, He Was Killed, Aged Nineteen, In One Of The War's First Major Campaigns.
The mother’s whole body reveals her devastation, while her children’s faces display a range of emotions. At the age of eighteen and only two months after enlisting in the german army, kollwitz’s youngest son, peter, was killed in battle in october 1914. Two months after the death of her son, kollwitz decided to create a personal memorial for him.
Among The Graves Is That Of Peter Kollwitz, A Student From Berlin Who Volunteered As Soon As The War Broke Out.
Much to her horror, her youngest son peter voluntarily reports for service as a soldier and is killed in action two weeks later. In it, kollwitz's son peter takes his place next to death, who leads a band of young men in an ecstatic procession off to war. ‘killed in action’ was created in 1921 by kathe kollwitz in expressionism style.
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Only one print, die freiwilligen (the volunteers), shows the combatants. An entry in kollwitz’s diary in october 1914 reads: Kathe kollwitz's artwork is almost entirely in black and white.
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Over the next few years kollwitz produced a series of drawings illustrating the impact that war had on women. Modern black framed art print by kathe kollwitz high quality framed art print, in a modern black frame. Somehow, the artist portrayed her own grief a decade in the future.
