The Lovers
Käthe Kollwitz
model 1913, cast posthumously c. 1955
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 72.4 x 45.7 x 48.3 cm (28 1/2 x 18 x 19 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. S. Lifschutz
Accession Number
1994.33.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Käthe Kollwitz · 1867–1945
Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) was a German artist whose powerful images of poverty, war, and maternal grief established her as the foremost practitioner of socially engaged art in early 20th-century Europe. Working primarily in printmaking—including etching, lithography, and woodcut—as well as drawing and sculpture, Kollwitz created works of raw emotional power that gave voice to the suffering of wor...