Kollwitz-Digital
Kollwitz’s works for the magazine Simplicissimus were distinguished by their ability to depict complex social problems in simple and vivid images and testify to her ongoing preoccupation with the problems and hardships of the proletarian urban population. “Been to Mrs. Becker’s. The three-month-old child lies in the carriage, haggard and covered with flies. Trudchen still […]
An important platform for Käthe Kollwitz’s work was the magazine “Simplicissimus” from 1908. It was one of Germany’s best-known satirical magazines and was published from 1896 to 1944. The magazine was famous for its critical attitude towards political and social grievances and used art, caricatures and satire to draw attention to them. The Munich magazine […]
What is provenance research? Dealing with the museum’s own collection is an important area of work done at museums. This includes knowledge about the origin of the objects in the museum’s collection. The origin of objects, the so-called provenance, is not always completely understood. At the beginning of her artistic career, Käthe Kollwitz mainly sold […]
