Kathe Kollwitz

Overview

Käthe Kollwitz (née Schmidt) born Königsberg, E. Prussia July 8, 1867 (d. 1945). “Mother of Expressionist Artists.” German anti-war artist.

Quotations

On the death of young soldiers like her son Peter: “Seed Corn Must Not Be Ground.”

Every war already carries within it the war that will answer it.” (1944, diary, Wikiquote; photo Wikipedia)