Käthe Kollwitz
Author
Publisher
Davis Museum at Wellesley College
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The art of German printmaker and sculptor Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945) is famously empathetic; Kollwitz imbued her prints, drawings, and sculpture with eloquent and often painful commentary on the human condition, especially the horrors of war. This insightful book, the first English-language catalogue on Kollwitz in more than two decades, offers the singular opportunity to examine her work against the tumultuous backdrop of World Wars I and II. The...
Author
Publisher
National Gallery of Art
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Provides important information on the life and art of one of the twentieth century's most influential figurative artists, Prelinger's insightful reappraisal of Kollwitz's aesthetic values and techniques are accompanied by Alessandra Comini's and Hildegard Bachert's fine essays.