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Inspiration, Käthe Kollwitz, 1908
Käthe Kollwitz, portraitKäthe KollwitzGerman, 1867–1945

Inspiration

1908 · Print

May one see it?

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Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked
3 days ago
In this state since
Aug 19, 2026
Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

Particulars

1908 · aged 41
18671945
Accession number
2004.92

In the catalog

PrintsEtchingModernism20th centuryGermany

Sources

  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder

Meanwhile, in the life of Käthe Kollwitz

The whole life
  1. 1906 · Award

    Villa Romana Prize

  2. 1907

    The Villa Romana Prize: a studio in Florence

    Her etching Outbreak won the Villa Romana Prize, which gave her a studio in Florence for 1907. She completed no work there but later recalled the impact of early Renaissance art.

  3. 1910

    First attempts at sculpture

    In 1910 she made her first attempts at sculpture, a medium she continued to work in.

  4. 1910–1912

    Simplifies her language under the influence of younger artists

    Back in Germany she continued to exhibit and was impressed by her younger compatriots: the Expressionists, and after the war the Bauhaus artists, inspired her to simplify her means of expression. The new direction shows in works such as Runover (1910) and Self-Portrait (1912).

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Weberzug (Ein Weberaufstand, Blatt 4), Käthe Kollwitz

Weberzug (Ein Weberaufstand, Blatt 4)

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Tod (Ein Weberaufstand; Blatt 2), Käthe Kollwitz

Tod (Ein Weberaufstand; Blatt 2)

Albertina

Not (Ein Weberaufstand; Blatt 1), Käthe Kollwitz

Not (Ein Weberaufstand; Blatt 1)

Albertina

Beim Arzt (Drei Flugblätter gegen den Wucher, Blatt 3), Käthe Kollwitz

Beim Arzt (Drei Flugblätter gegen den Wucher, Blatt 3)

Albertina

Beratung (Ein Weberaufstand; Blatt 3), Käthe Kollwitz

Beratung (Ein Weberaufstand; Blatt 3)

Albertina

Die Carmagnole, Käthe Kollwitz

Die Carmagnole

Albertina

Zertretene, Käthe Kollwitz

Zertretene

Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden

Selbstbildnis und Studie zu einer Szene aus Germinal, Käthe Kollwitz

Selbstbildnis und Studie zu einer Szene aus Germinal

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The Bedroom, 1889

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, Georges Seurat, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

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Paris Street; Rainy Day, Gustave Caillebotte, 1877

Gustave Caillebotte

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

The Basket of Apples, Paul Cézanne, c. 1893

Paul Cézanne

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), Claude Monet, 1890–91

Claude Monet

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

American Gothic, Grant Wood, 1930

Grant Wood

American Gothic, 1930

Nighthawks, Edward Hopper, 1942

Edward Hopper

Nighthawks, 1942