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Käthe Kollwitz and the women of war femininity, identity, and art in Germany during World Wars I and II

The art of German printmaker and sculptor Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945) is famously empathetic; Kollwitz imbued her prints, drawings, and sculpture with eloquent and often painful commentary on the human condition, especially the horrors of war. This insightful book, the first English-language catalogu...

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Other Authors: Whitner, Claire C. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wellesley, MA Davis Museum at Wellesley College [2016]
Subjects:
Kollwitz, Käthe > 1867-1945 > Exhibitions
Kollwitz, Käthe > 1867-1945 > Themes, motives > Exhibitions
World War, 1914-1918 > Germany > In art > Exhibitions
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Art and the war > Exhibitions
Motherhood in art > 20th century > Exhibitions
Art, German > 20th century > Exhibitions
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Table of Contents:
  • Directors' Foreword / Lisa Fischman and Jessica Nicoll
  • Editor's Foreword / Claire C. Whitner
  • Mothers' Arms : Käthe Kollwitz's Women and War / Henriëtte Kets de Vries
  • "They were all deceived" : Art, Women, and Propaganda in the Life and Work of Käthe Kollwitz / Joseph McVeigh
  • Käthe Kollwitz and "Boasting Virility" at Smith College's Museum of Art / Darcy C. Buerkle
  • Plates
  • Käthe Kollwitz and the "Krieg" Cycle : The Genesis, Creation, and Legacy of an Iconic Print Series / Claire C. Whitner
  • "Enough have died! No more shall perish!" : Käthe Kollwitz and World War I / Annette Seeler; Claire C. Whitner, translator
  • Grief Reserved for the Mother : Käthe Kollwitz's "Krieg" Cycle and Gender in the Weimar Republic / Anjeana K. Hans
  • Works Cited
  • Checklists.

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