
Käthe KollwitzGerman, 1867–1945May one see it?
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
October 1914
A long depression after the loss of her son
The loss of her child began a stage of prolonged depression in her life.
22 October 1914
Her son Peter is killed at the front
Her younger son, Peter, was killed on the battlefield of the First World War. He is buried in Belgium, in the Vladslo German war cemetery.
1917
A jubilee exhibition at Paul Cassirer’s
On her fiftieth birthday the galleries of Paul Cassirer mounted a retrospective of one hundred and fifty of her drawings.