Kollwitz-Digital
Posters and flyers In her extensive poster work, Käthe Kollwitz confronted a wide variety of contemporary problems that had been brought to her by various initiatives. In this medium, too, she invented motifs that addressed grievances in a timeless pictorial language and are thus still understood by the viewer over a hundred years later. The […]
On the history of a poster Behind every work of art is a history of its creation and also, usually, of its collection, which is not always known. Our museum collection contains the poster Mothers, share your Abundance!, a work by Käthe Kollwitz whose complete history we owe to the commitment and generosity of Marie-Elise […]
The theme of motherhood also played an important role in the life and work of Käthe Kollwitz. She processed this fundamental experience in a number of representations of mothers and children, in the 1920s especially influenced by her grandchildren. Sculpture Mother with two children Depicted is a naked mother crouching on the floor, who protectively […]
