The Storm (Sturm)
Käthe Kollwitz
1897
Medium
etching in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 23.7 x 29.5 cm (9 5/16 x 11 5/8 in.) sheet: 24.6 x 30.5 cm (9 11/16 x 12 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frederick C. Oechsner
Accession Number
1962.7.2
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...