Käthe’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Self-Portrait
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Memorial Sheet for Karl Liebknecht
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Battlefield
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Death, Mother and Child
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Maiden in the Lap of Death
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Death Attacks a Woman
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Raped
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Self-Portrait in Profile
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Raped
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Head of a woman
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Sharpening the Scythe (Biem Dengeln)
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

The Call of Death
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Inspiration
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Head: Self-Portrait
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Raped
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Raped
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Cottage Industry
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Man and Woman
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Working Woman
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945

Self-Portrait
Käthe Kollwitz German, 1867-1945