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1907

Abbildung: Käthe und Karl Kollwitz, Berlin um 1930

born on July 8th in Königsberg, East Prussia

studies with Stauffer-Bern (Berlin) and with Herterich (Munich)

first etchings

marries Dr. Karl Kollwitz who settles in a working class

area of north Berlin

son Hans is born

son Peter is born

the graphic cycle A Weaver's Rebellion is shown at the

Große Berliner Kunstausstellung

teaches at the Berlin School of Woman Artists

works on the series Peasant War

visits Paris, meets with Rodin and Steinlen

spends one year in Florence (Villa Romana Prize)

1910

1914

1917

1919

1919/20

1922/25

1927

1928

1932

1933

1934/35

1936

1940

1943/44

1945

first attempts with sculpture

son Peter falls in Flanders

fiftieth birthday exhibition at Paul Cassirer's in Berlin

becomes a member of the Prussian Academy of Art

works on a commemorating woodcut dedicated to Karl Liebknecht,

a revolutionary socialist, assassinated in 1919

woodcut series War and Proletariat

journey to Moscow

head of the Master Class for the Graphic Arts at the Academy

dedication of the memorial The Parents at the military

cemetery in Vladsloo, Flanders

Hitler comes to power; after resignation from the Prussian Academy of Art

Kollwitz loses her position as head of the Master Class for the Graphic Arts

cycle of eight lithographs titled Death

is not allowed to exhibit anymore; her works are removed from

museums and galleries

Karl Kollwitz dies

evacuated to Nordhausen; moves to Moritzburg near Dresden

upon invitation of Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony

dies on April 22nd in Moritzburg shortly before the end of the war