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Käthe Kollwitz

1867 - 1945

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Käthe Kollwitz (German pronunciation: [kɛːtə kɔlvɪt͡s] born Schmidt; 8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking (including etching, lithography and woodcuts) and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger and war on the working class. Despite the realism of her early works, her art is now more closely associated with Expressionism. Kollwitz was the first woman not only to be elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts but also to receive honorary professor status. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Käthe Kollwitz is the 13th most popular artist (up from 14th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Russia (up from 155th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Artist.

Käthe Kollwitz is most famous for her prints and drawings, which depict the struggles of the working class in Germany.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Käthe Kollwitz ranks 13 out of 125. Before her are Jusepe de Ribera, Hans Holbein the Younger, Jean Arp, Victor Vasarely, Hiroshige, and Joseph Beuys. After her are Luca Signorelli, Theo van Doesburg, Yves Klein, El Lissitzky, Anders Zorn, and Roy Lichtenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Käthe Kollwitz ranks 14. Before her are Emily Greene Balch, Luigi Pirandello, Louise, Princess Royal, Pierre Bonnard, Arturo Toscanini, and John Galsworthy. After her are Emil Nolde, Johannes Fibiger, Arnold Bennett, Natsume Sōseki, Władysław Reymont, and Maxime Weygand. Among people deceased in 1945, Käthe Kollwitz ranks 34. Before her are Pierre Laval, Johan Huizinga, Hans Fischer, David Lloyd George, August von Mackensen, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. After her are Emil Hácha, Hermann Fegelein, Hans Krebs, Stefan Banach, Ernst Busch, and Friedrich Fromm.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Käthe Kollwitz ranks 140 out of 3,761. Before her are Valery Legasov (1936), Alexei Kosygin (1904), Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893), Alexei Rykov (1881), Georgi Plekhanov (1856), and Ivan V of Russia (1666). After her are Pyotr Bagration (1765), Walther Funk (1890), Joseph Brodsky (1940), Sergei Yesenin (1895), Witold Pilecki (1901), and Dmitry Donskoy (1350).

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Among ARTISTS In Russia

Among artists born in Russia, Käthe Kollwitz ranks 1. After her are El Lissitzky (1890), Onfim (1250), Aleksandr Golovin (1863), and Petr Pavlensky (1984).

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