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Grandfather Julius Rupp *13 August 1809 Königsberg; † 1884 ibid. “Man does not exist to be happy, but that he may fulfill his duty.” Inscription on the memorial stone of Julius Rupp The engraved writing on Julius Rupp’s gravestone already tells us a lot about his strict yet benevolent personality. Käthe Kollwitz once described him […]
Friendship was of great meaning for Käthe Kollwitz. Despite different personal struggles and political changes, she maintained many friendships throughout her life. Käthe Kollwitz’s political commitment was deeply influenced by her family. Her older brother Konrad and her husband Karl were members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The artist herself was involved in many […]
What kind of city was it? Berlin became the capital of the German Empire in 1871. Industrialization was in full swing, many factories and companies had settled outside the city walls, and suburbs such as Moabit and Wedding were incorporated in the city. In 1905, more than two million people lived in the Berlin metropolitan […]
Come close to Käthe Kollwitz and look at her face. She engaged in self-critical dialogues with herself in each of her creative periods. She thus created numerous self-portraits, which you will encounter in the exhibition among her other works. More than 100 self-portraits can be found in Käthe Kollwitz’s oeuvre, from which this early self-portrait […]
