Portrait of the artist : Käthe Kollwitz : [exhibition, Birmingham, Ikon gallery, Sepember 13 through November 20 2017] / Frances Carey, Max Egremont

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Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-1-911155-14-0

Kollwitz -- Käthe -- 1867-1945 -- Critique et interprétation

Classification Dewey : 7092

Carey, Frances (Directeur de publication / publishing director)

Egremont, Max (1948-....) (Directeur de publication / publishing director)

Ikon gallery (Birmingham, Royaume-Uni) (Collectivité éditrice / Issuing body )

Résumé / Abstract : Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) developed a mastery of graphic art which quickly established her reputation in Germany then further afield as her influence spread internationally after the First World War Establishing herself in an art world dominated by men Kollwitz developed a vision centred on women and the working class 'Portrait of the Artist' looks at her work through the exploration of selfportraits and portraits of working women her two great series concerned with social injustice: Ein Weberaufstand (A Weavers' Revolt 1897 and Bauernkrieg (Peasants' War 1908 the everpresent imagery of death especially a mother's grief and finally the theme of war and remembrance after her younger son Peter had been killed at the beginning of the First World War The exhibition is drawn from the collection of the British Museum and is complemented by a small number of loans from a private owner and The Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham