Käthe KollwitzGerman, 1867–1945Städtisches Obdach
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Städtisches Obdach” now? Collection: Albertina, Vienna. Unknown.
Vienna, Austria
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
In the catalog
Sources
- Albertina
- Image: Albertina — Public Domain Mark 1.0
In the life of Käthe Kollwitz
The whole life1919–1925
Destroys the first monument and begins again
In 1919 she destroyed the monument to her son, and in 1925 she began again.
1924
Her work at the “First General Exhibition of German Art”
In 1924 her work was shown in Moscow at the “First General Exhibition of German Art”.
until 1926
Turns to the woodcut after Barlach
While working on the Liebknecht sheet she found etching insufficient for monumental ideas. After seeing Ernst Barlach’s woodcuts at the Secession exhibitions she finished the sheet in the new medium and by 1926 had made about thirty woodcuts.
1927
A trip to Moscow
In 1927 she visited Moscow; three years earlier her work had already been shown there at the “First General Exhibition of German Art”.
1928
Director of the graphic arts master class at the Prussian Academy
In 1928 she was named director of the Master Class for Graphic Arts at the Prussian Academy of Arts; the title was soon stripped after the Nazi regime rose to power.
