workingclasshistory:On this day, 8 July 1867, Käthe Kollwitz, socialist and anti-war German Expressi
workingclasshistory:On this day, 8 July 1867, Käthe Kollwitz, socialist and anti-war German Expressionist painter, printmaker and sculptor was born. She was one of the most important women artists of the period, whose work was heavily focused on working class and anti-war issues. A non-aligned socialist, she helped form a Workers’ and Artist Council in Berlin during the 1918 Revolution, supporting Rosa Luxemburg (January 1919) position against an armed uprising. Kollwitz’s drawing of Karl Liebknecht in his coffin, ‘Memorial for Karl Liebknecht’ (1919), was condemned by the German Communist Party because it had not been produced by a member of the party. She was forced to resign her post by the Nazis, who also threatened her with being sent to a concentration camp, however perhaps due to her international renown she was spared. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1162599690591846/?type=3 -- source link