The Parents

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Parents

Käthe KollwitzLinkedCulture matchlcp-87e1b8bd90c2

Date
1921–22 (published 1923)
Medium
Woodcut on Japan paper
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
56194

Kollwitz reworked the motif of the bereaved parents multiple times as both a print and a sculpture. She planned the sculpture to serve as a memorial to her son Peter who was killed in World War I. She struggled with this image and wrote in her journal, Yet again I am not finished with the War series. Done the sheet 'Parents' over again. Suddenly it looks entirely bad to me. Far too bright and hard and distinct. Pain is totally dark. Yet in the end, Kollwitz succeeded in capturing the grief of the bereaved parents that she knew only too well. Germany, Europe

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The Print and Drawing Seminar Fund

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