Kathe Kollwitz

Kathe Kollwitz

Test your memory!

Multiple Choice

K Kollwitz was from which country

• A) Poland

• B) Germany

• C) England

• D) Denmark

Multiple Choice

She was making her art between...

• A) 1800 - 1880

• B) 1980 - 2020

• C) 1880 - 1940

• D) 1780 - 1840

Kollwitz lived through both world wars

• Kathe lost her Son peter in WW1

• She was threatened with deportation to a concetration camp during WW2

• Kathe was evacuated from Berlin days before her house was bombed in 1943

• She also out lived her grandson who was killed in WW2

Multiple Choice

Kathe made a monument to her Son peter and his comrades - what was the main theme?

• A) Triumph

• B) Victory

• C) Grief

Talent saved her life

Kollwitz was saved from the camps as she was a notable figure in the art world known across Europe and America

Multiple Choice

Kollwitz was an expert print maker and known for her use of expressive...

• A) Mark making

• B) Blending

• C) Colour

• D) Landscapes

What do you think Kollwitz meant when she said...

"We [women] are endowed with the strength to make sacrifices which are more painful than giving our own blood"

Copy these facts

• Kathe Kollwitz: German artist 1867 1945

• Lived through two world wars

• Focused her grief and anger through her expressive artworks

• Key skills, drawing, mark-making, print.

• Incredible strength and determination