Art History Group
Tuesday, April 113:00—4:00 PMProgram RoomNewburyport Public LibraryNewburyport Public Library, 94 State Street, Newburyport, MA, 01950
Join the monthly Art History Group!
We will review the life and work of one artist each month, and discuss the movements that they contributed to. No prior knowledge of art history or the artist of the month is necessary. This group meets in-person on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 3 PM.
German Expressionist Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) once remarked, “it is my duty to voice the sufferings of humankind, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain high...this is my task, but it is not an easy one to fulfill.”
Born in the Prussian city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad), Kollwitz worked during a time that was highly unfavorable to women artists. But with the support of her progressive parents, she studied art at the Women’s Academy in both Munich and Berlin. Kollwitz soon turned her attention to printmaking as her medium of choice. Having lost her son in World War I, her bold, striking, graphic prints became some of the most powerful anti-war imagery ever created. These works led to her prosecution by the Nazi regime, but she remained undaunted in her output and depictions of the harrowing realities of war.
This lecture will begin with an introduction to German Expressionism and the Western traditions of printmaking, with an emphasis on lithography—Kollwitz’s primary medium.
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