Käthe KollwitzGerman, 1867–1945The Lovers
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National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
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- In this state since
- Aug 19, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
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- Accession number
- 1994.33.1
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Meanwhile, in the life of Käthe Kollwitz
The whole life22 October 1914
Her son Peter is killed at the front
Her younger son, Peter, was killed on the battlefield of the First World War. He is buried in Belgium, in the Vladslo German war cemetery.
1917
A jubilee exhibition at Paul Cassirer’s
On her fiftieth birthday the galleries of Paul Cassirer mounted a retrospective of one hundred and fifty of her drawings.
1919
The first woman professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts
In 1919 she was appointed professor and elected a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts, the first woman to hold the post. Membership brought a regular income, a large studio and a full professorship.
1924
Her work at the “First General Exhibition of German Art”
In 1924 her work was shown in Moscow at the “First General Exhibition of German Art”.
1933
Forced to leave the Academy of Arts
After the Nazis came to power she was forced to resign her place at the Academy of Arts, accused of “cultural Bolshevism”, following her support of the Dringender Appell (Urgent Appeal).
22 April 1945
Died
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