Life and Art

Kathe Kollwitz, 1867 - 1945

Pencil on canvas

unknown size

Kathe became an artist during the time period of the World War II, and her family struggled to keep her in school, and alive. Her father was a scientist and was almost always active and never around the house, and she eventually became depressed, and expressed her feelings through her art, she drew herself doing things, or just sitting there, in many different ways, She though of herself as a very ugly person. As you could guess this effected her art tons, she drew herself uglier and uglier, more and more depressing. Most of her latest art is shaded with her hiding, just as this one is, actually this one is her latest peice of art. She never made anything besides pencil and paper, never sclupted, painted, etc. I think this is so because it was earlier in time and maby she couldn't afford or get anything besides the pencil and paper.