The Ploughmen
Käthe Kollwitz
1906
Medium
etching, aquatint, and soft-ground
Dimensions
plate: 31.5 x 45.7 cm (12 3/8 x 18 in.) sheet: 40.4 x 55.8 cm (15 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Gray
Accession Number
1985.19.3
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...