Käthe KollwitzAllemagne, 1867–1945Man en vier handen
Peut-on la voir ?
Inconnu
Où est « Man en vier handen » aujourd’hui ? Collection: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam. Inconnu.
Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
Le propriétaire est connu ; on ignore si l’œuvre est exposée aujourd’hui.
- Source
- Le musée
À propos de l’œuvre
Selon le musée — en néerlandais
De man symboliseert Rusland op het moment van hongersnood in 1921. De handen symboliseren hulp.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- RP-P-1921-2102
Ce qu’elle montre
Au catalogue
Sources
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Image : Rijksmuseum Amsterdam — public domain
Dans la vie de Käthe Kollwitz
La vie entière1918–1919
The Working Council for Art and the Liebknecht memorial sheet
A committed socialist and pacifist, eventually attracted to communism, she expressed her political and social sympathies in her woodcut memorial sheet for Karl Liebknecht and in her involvement with the Arbeitsrat für Kunst, part of the Social Democratic government in the first few weeks after the war.
1919
The first woman professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts
In 1919 she was appointed professor and elected a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts, the first woman to hold the post. Membership brought a regular income, a large studio and a full professorship.
1919–1925
Destroys the first monument and begins again
In 1919 she destroyed the monument to her son, and in 1925 she began again.
