Artist field note

Käthe Kollwitz

Printmaking gives grief and solidarity public force.

The Weavers' Revolt by Käthe Kollwitz — Example from the series
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The Weavers' Revolt

1893-1897

A print cycle follows deprivation into collective uprising without romanticizing its cost.

The five in one idea

Kollwitz made technically direct images carry the full moral weight of poverty, war and maternal loss.