Kollwitz (band)

	Kollwitz (band) Kollwitz may refer to: Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), German artist Käthe Kollwitz House (Moritzburg), a museum Käthe Kollwitz Museum (Berlin) Käthe Kollwitz Museum (Cologne) Käthe Kollwitz Prize The Käthe Kollwitz Prize (german: Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis) is a German art award named after artist Käthe Kollwitz. Established in 1960 by the then-Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic (nowadays the Academy of Arts, Berlin), the p ... ;Others 8827 Kollwitz, main-belt asteroid {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Käthe Kollwitz Käthe Kollwitz ( born as 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. Life and work Youth Kollwitz was born in Königsberg, Prussia, as the fifth child in her family. Her father, Karl Schmidt, was a radical Social democrat who became a mason and house builder. Her mother, Katherina Schmidt, was the daughter of Julius Rupp, a Lutheran pastor who was expelled from the official Evangelical State Church and founded an independent congregation. Her education and her art were greatly influenced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Käthe Kollwitz House (Moritzburg) The Käthe Kollwitz House (german: Käthe-Kollwitz-Haus) in Moritzburg, Saxony, is one of three museums in Germany dedicated to the artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867—1945), the other two being the Käthe Kollwitz Museums in Cologne and Berlin. Background The house in Moritzburg is where Käthe Kollwitz lived her final months, from August 1944 until her death on 22 April 1945. It was decided already in 1945 that the house was to be turned into a memorial of her, but it was not until in the 50th anniversary of her death that the museum was opened, on 22 April 1995. The permanent Käthe Kollwitz exhibition The museum's collection of works is not as big as the ones in Cologne or Berlin. Here the focus of the exhibition is more on the artist herself. The exhibition is arranged chronologically through seven rooms, presenting the artist's works in parallel with her biography, with photographs, excerpts from her diary and letters. Temporary exhibitions and printing workshop The museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Käthe Kollwitz Museum (Berlin) The Käthe Kollwitz Museum is a museum in Berlin that owns one of the largest collections of works by the German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), who lived and worked in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg for over 50 years.Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin berlin.de. Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin berlin.de. The museum opened in 1986, and traces its origins to the art collector Hans Pels-Leusden (d.1993). Pels-Leusden had been collecting the artist's works since 1950, and created his first Kollwitz exhibition in 1965. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Käthe Kollwitz Museum (Cologne) The Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Cologne owns the largest collections of works by the German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) and has maintained close links with the Kollwitz family. The museum is owned and operated by the Kreissparkasse Köln savings bank. History of the museum The Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln was founded in 1985 on the occasion of the first presentation of the ''Käthe Kollwitz Collection of the Kreissparkasse Köln'' on 22 April 1985, the 40th anniversary of the death of the artist.25 Jahre Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln Kulturtussi.de. 22 April 2010. This presentation took place in the former boardroom of the bank. Since 1989 the museum with its exhibition area of 1,000 square metres has been housed on the top floor of a Cologne Neumarkt shopping ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Käthe Kollwitz Prize The Käthe Kollwitz Prize (german: Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis) is a German art award named after artist Käthe Kollwitz. Established in 1960 by the then-Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic (nowadays the Academy of Arts, Berlin), the prize is awarded annually by a jury whose members are newly chosen each year to a visual artist living and working in Germany who is honored either for a single work or their complete body of work. Since 1992, the prize money (12,000 euros as of 2009) has been co-funded by the Kreissparkasse Cologne, the owner of the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Cologne. The Academy organises a parallel exhibition, accompanied by a catalog, for the laureate. Previous winners 1960: 1961: Arno Mohr 1962: 1964: 1965: 1966: 1967: Otto Nagel 1968: Willi Sitte 1969: 1970: 1971: Curt Querner 1972: Herbert Sandberg 1973: 1974: Wieland Förster 1975: Werner Stötzer 1976: Harald Metzkes 1977: 1978: Dieter Goltzsche 1979: 1980: Werne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]