The People (Das Volk)
Käthe Kollwitz
1922/1923
Medium
woodcut on Japan paper
Dimensions
image: 36 × 30 cm (14 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.) sheet: 65 × 48 cm (25 9/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.9439
About the Artist
Käthe Kollwitz
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...