Loss always seems inevitable for Kollwitz. But while most of her works depict grief, "Peasants' War" argues for active resistance, even when the odds are stacked terribly. Mostly, she suggests ...

The drawings of hands by Käthe in this part of the exhibition were made towards the end of her life (1938, 1938, 1940/42). Many have expressed their regret that she didn’t live to see the end of the ...

Kathe Kollwitz built, and then lost, a great reputation in the first half of the 20th ... looks over the fence.” Plate 5 from Bauernkrieg (Peasants’ War): Losbruch (Outbreak), 1902–3 Plate 2 from Ein ...