Käthe Kollwitz - The Voice of The Unheard

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Should one eventually come across the black and white artwork of Käthe Kollwitz, what you’ll often discover is nothing short of haunting.
A truly multi talented artist in her own right, who completed a vast repertoire of work achieved with sketching, painting and printmaking to etching, lithography and woodcuts.
Despite the many means she possessed to make her art, one common theme would always be apparent in her work. Unvarnished and deeply emotive political imagery that both brutally and poetically depicts the torment that comes with poverty, hunger and war on the working class.
As is the unfortunate case with most dark art such as these works, normally the artist behind them carries a life story plagued by tragedy, and Kollwitz sadly would be no exception. Suffering from the loss of family members, including her own son, as well as unstable mental health since her childhood, it almost comes to little wonder how shadowy pictures such as these would be so prevalent in her collection.
But what exactly is her story? And what exactly do these harrowing displays of humanity mean? And what exactly can we as modern-day viewers learn from her and her work? Welcome to another video. This is the story and artwork of Käthe Kollwitz.
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@faybelarts Год назад

Thank you so much for featuring my digital paintings in Artist Corner! I feel as if I've uncovered a trove of new artists to discover by reading the comments here alone--you truly have a wonderful audience! I've enjoyed learning so much more about Kathe Kollwitz and her vast repertoire of powerful, emotive works in this essay and eagerly await your next!

@sky44david Год назад

Thanks so much for all the vast repertory of well researched a documented culturally significant presentations. Kathe Kollwitz is my most favorite artist. Her passion for humanity and artistic skill are unique. Here is an artist to look up: Tetsuya Ishida, the Japanese artist who left 189 completed paintings who passed away at a young age in 2015 and whose estate just got representation by Gagosian. His work is highly skilled artistically and content rich with personal social observations. When there is a show of his work, viewers stop in front of the works as a "power" seems to emanate from the surface with highly charged complex narrative layers.

@ContrastNY Год назад

I am completely blown away by Käthe's work!

@emptywaterbottle6973 Год назад

In my hometown, close to where she’s died, we have an entire embankment dedicated to her memory. She’s an astonishing woman and artist.

@joanieovals 7 месяцев назад

where?

@emptywaterbottle6973 7 месяцев назад

@@joanieovals Dresden

@sallythechaos3991 Год назад

Hi! I know that at this point I’m a spammer of Czech artists. But I really recommend Toyen and Jindrich Styrsky! Thank you for a new video. As always you did an amazing work. I didn’t know this artist at all! Which I love about this channel since I didn’t know about many artist

@schoggoth6113 Год назад

She is quite well known in germany. i went to a school named after her with several reproductions of her work in the halls. I always thought they were deeply depressing but not in a bad way

@punkgrl7991 Год назад

One of my favorite artists of all time . I used a lot of her art in my zine during the 1990s. My zine was called Screaming Goddess. It was about the war I went through in my country, oppression of women and poverty. I have always related to her art work. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

@dominiciancabatit6012 Год назад

"The Plowman", "After the Battle", and "Woman with Dead Child" are my favorites. Thank you for featuring her. I've only found out about her work through this video.

@funwithFred Год назад

I have a BS in studio art, concentrations in drawing and photography.......and Kathe is one of my favorite artists. Love your channel, and thanks for sharing such inspiring and informative videos.

@paulwoodford1984 Год назад

Glad to read that you know your work is BS 😏

@sea-abyssal Год назад

This is the first time I've heard of this artist, but so glad I have now. Likewise with Ellie Nesbitt! Artist suggestion from me would be Antoine Wiertz. I remember seeing his works first in Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs and loved them immediately.

@Tematrilia Год назад

thanks a lot for showing the work of Kathe kollwitz, there is an astonishing lack of documentaries about her work

@memorandom7484 Год назад

Love her work. When I was at art college I usually had one book of her work checked out from the library. And definitely inspired the work of later Scottish artists like Peter Howson and (early) Ken Currie.

@VoidVagabond Год назад

My father has a book containing her works and I remember him once showing it to me when I was very young. I vividly remember her piece "Bread!", although I had long since forgotten the artist's name. I never knew her life was so full of hardship. Thank you so much for uploading this.

@DancingAlldayLong Год назад

Plz pin this

@Cubicnoir Год назад

What if there are more artists just like her?

@robertpetre9378 Год назад

I swear I’ve seen her work before but never know anything about her life. She truly lived a tragic life and created an astonishing body of word during that time.

@asamariaskuladottir5171 Год назад

Great video! I have an idea for a video. Lucian Freud was a fascinating artist. He was the most celebrated portraitists in the late 20 century's. His personal life was also interesting, he was quite a womanizer and is rumoured to have fathered as many as forty children, but it's confirmed to have 11 children by him. Anyways, keep up the good work.

@pamelaehrlich4509 Год назад

This was incredibly moving. Thank you so much for covering this artist.

@mariach46 Год назад

Whoa!!! Thank you Thank you! I already know this is gonna be amazing. Hope you got lots of rest too.

@ItsAllNunya Год назад

Suppression of art is ALWAYS a fascist endeavor. - A Queer American Jew

@meanpersona4686 Год назад

The way she shaded her figures (like in her early self-portrait) is so georgeous! Her later art is so expressive yet she only used black and white, amazing!

@cott.artworks Год назад

We should remember her art, especially during the current times ...

@gabrielavalencia416 2 месяца назад

Indeed

@VanJA2102 Год назад

Just a simple 'correction': her name is pronounced like "Kate-eh" with an audible "eh" or "a" at the end.

@pinchetono13 Год назад

I know I already commented this on the community post that announced this vid! But, thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! I discovered Kaethe Kollwitz’s work (and several other artists) as an inspirational source for my AP Drawing class in high school. Not sure if such classes exist in the UK, but the intensive curriculum of the class involved students creating a series of art pieces revolving around a chosen central theme/concentration. The contents of her works, her style, her life, and her pain struck a nerve that not only happened to coincide with this class, but also a particularly dark period within my family (which I chose to make my pieces’ theme). Nothing as intense as the tragedies Kollwitz endured and witnessed, but a period that felt just as harrowing, like the end of the world. Kollwitz’s commitment to capturing such moments definitely fueled my work. Your deep dives are always so insightful, thoughtful, and entertaining. Thank you once again and keep up the good work! 😊 (I’ll try to find my artwork to submit!)

@RotorRejects Год назад

I love your videos and I'm glad to have learned of this artist. She's amazing and I'm surprised I've never heard of her. If you're taking request's I would love to see a video on Derek Hess. I may have suggested it before but he's been my favorite artist since I was a kid.

@mariach46 Год назад

I'm in love with her work ❤❤

@ericdravenX00X Год назад

I really enjoy and am enamored by Kathe's works. The detail along with the emotion each of pieces conveys is truly amazing.. Thanks Mr.Dweller.

@aweekinbudapest Год назад

I don't usually comment on RU-vid, but I think Charlotte Salomon would be a perfect fit for the channel. She was a German artist who was inspired by Kollwitz, but was only ever publicly acknowledged as an artist on a transport list of Jewish prisoners taken to Auschwitz.

@beezlrompl Год назад

Hoping one day to see something on Brian Froud and Wendy Froud's fairy art.

@kristofferhouston4437 Год назад

leonora carrington 1917-2011. Would be an interesting artist to research.😊

@Single.White.Female Год назад

All i can say is wow. An absolute artistic genius. Thank you for educating us about her work.

@chackal7596 Год назад

I would like to recommend you the art of the Italian Simbolist, Alberto Martini. His works might bring to your channel a fresh blow of uneasiness. 😉

@Flaubert Год назад

The Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Berlin ... I was stumbled into there on a very hot summer day and it blew my mind

@desert_holly Год назад

Thank you SO MUCH for making a video on Käthe!! ❤ she's one of my favorites

@pdox23 Год назад

It doesn't matter these days when we have Candy Crush to play with and politicians that do what they want regardless of the state of our nations.

@achilleus9918 Год назад

you asked for more suggestions - what about Austin Osman Spare? I'm reading a biography of him currently, and he's very interesting

@lesleyM84 Год назад

goodness this human condition is absolutely epically challenging for so many, to navigate.. and be like, literally trapped in.. until death releases but even that remains kind of a spooky unknown as well… sigh😕😕😕😕… what a precious precious lil child and a pretty darn cool family.. it would have been such an anxious time though too.. and her Wonderland affliction.. bless her heart, bless bless bless

@lesleyM84 Год назад

her incredible versatility in mediums too.. what an extraordinary woman.. not afraid to look deeply into the suffering; capturing the history of such calamity.. and so empathetic to the pheasant community..

@hugop1264 6 месяцев назад

Her work always reminded me of my teacher and great friend, the Brazilian painter Lydio Bandeira de Mello. Sadly he passed away this year, leaving behind a great legacy. As I remember he had a great respect for Käthe Kollwitz, saying something to the extent that her drawings are real drawings. And, look he never would say anything nice to other artists.

@jeffreypattie7150 5 месяцев назад

Ty..my grandma who suffered much racism in her gypsy lifetime..this was her favorite artist..it haunted me on her wall.death claims children..she told me how hard kathe had it..next year I took a art as propaganda college art class..n almost choked when they covered her.. my Jewish teacher said her being a gypsy was the same as being Jewish in nj..which nobody knew about in the 70s..she haunts but fascinates me..shes at the moma in nyc now..

@NY_Mountain_Man Год назад

I never heard of Kollwitz before. What a beautiful person. It's ironic how such a stalwart icon in the art world is left ignored by main stream history taught in my country. Hmm... I gotta reflect on this.

@offtopia7374 Год назад

Take a look into Tetsuya Ishida's artwork if you haven't yet.

@pr0se_ Год назад

great vid, i especially love her intense and distinct lines in her early work, especially in the arms and hands. brings an incredible level of tension to the work, like everything is about to snap

@sinthoras1917 Год назад

One of the best artists ever imo, and a harrowingly good realist

@bunnyg2373 Год назад

Thank you for these videos 🩷

@lorenjorgenzzz Год назад

What a badass woman. She’s a Patron Saint to mothers everywhere.

@imaspoon4522 Год назад

I fear and dread death itself more than anything. I try to cheer myself up by looking at colorful Dios de Los Muertos skulls. Dumb, I know. Suffice it to say this was an excellent and very emotional doc for me, so thanks!

@420happyhippy Год назад

"...The lair of The Blind Ones...."

@vfxforge Год назад

excellent artist to cover

@ashleighryan9435 Год назад

Hi! Please do a video on William Kentridge - South African Artist

@HeavyBoots-os2ev Год назад

Great video. Thanks. I love to see intense class conscious art. Will you please do a video on the artist Adrian Baxter? He is an artist with genuine occult themes. Hes done the cover art for some of my favorite albums.

@mijiyoon5575 Год назад

*Kollwitz* had it right ...war is the worst. This artist was excellent w/ shoulder blades, hands, eyes

@BluetheRaccoon Год назад

"Seed corn must not be ground." ~Käthe Kollwitz

@PinkPulpito Год назад

In the afterlife i hope to see a video on me as i sit on the couch in purgatory

@CarolH2O Год назад

No words...😮

@carlizinea Год назад

I had that feeling of becoming small while the surroundings grow larger in my infancy, as a kid with epilepsy (as far as I know that was the cause), I remember lying down in my bed and seeing my room getting larger and larger, while I seemed to shrink. It's a strange feeling and it can be disturbing at times.

@brandyjean7015 Год назад

Sounds scary for a child.

@carlizinea Год назад

@@brandyjean7015 it is less scary when you see it like an Alice in wonderland reference. Anyway, pretty scary, but that's what epilepsy is like in general, it is full of strange sensations you have no way of explaining...

@LyubomirIko Год назад

Yeah, me too. I also experience hearing two voices of unknown language talking to me. It all stopped when I got around 18 older. It wasn't particularly bad experience, but I was scared to talk with my parents about it. Sometimes I miss it even.

@alexoconnell7210 Год назад

Always look forward to your videos.

@N0th1ng-4g41n Год назад

I'm so glad you covered Kollwitz! she's one of my favorite expressionists!!

@ChristinaDeMusee Месяц назад

I collected her art back in the 60s. So many people don’t even know the tremendous power of her artwork. My friends would say that her work was moribund , however, my assessment of her lithographic art and block prints were and still are so powerful emotionally, and structurally beautiful that many aspiring artists should take note of the emotional and allegorical strength of this artist. I love your dedication to spreading the word about outsider artists ,as well as ,unknown, yet significant artists . thank you for your research..

@BigRedMTG Год назад

Sam Wolfe Connelly is an artist I like. His work feels like mist and horror

@aurorakarabua-stysiak6233 Год назад

Yes to this! He's great

@Gunnahan Год назад

thank you for bringing her to my attention.. i was aware of käthe kollwitz only through schools and streets being named after her.. and a minimal knowledge of her work. i am crying here, now.. a 53 year old man touched by an artist of ages long past. and so relevant to every one of us.. timeless.. and your commentary does not interfere.. but helps me get a perspective.

@TheOliverin 6 месяцев назад

I see you covered mexican artist Frida Kahlo. She usually takes the much deserved spotlight from Nahui Ollin / Carmen Mondragón. She also lived a second place romance with painter Dr. Atl. Awesome channel! Thank you!

@notop100 Год назад

Thanks for this one. Great work from Käthe Kollwitz. 🖤

@usagiyojimbo5944 2 месяца назад

In school, in east Germany, the GDR, Käthe Kollwitz' art was part of the curriculum (not optional). But in this video i learned more about her and her art than in all the time in school. Thank you.

@PostcardsHome0723 Месяц назад

I first came across Kathe Kollwitz's work at a Degenerate Artists exhibition at The Chicago Art Institute. her biography was for sale in the gift shop and was one of the few books I could afford.

@j2_mf Год назад

Great video and I must recommend the very talented photographer Joel Peter Witkin for your next video

@YukaiRyujin Год назад

I’m pretty sure I recommended this on another video before, (and a bot pretending to be you tried to sell me on a free Xbox 😒) but in case you missed it from before, Oswaldo Guayasamín. He is an Ecuadorian artist known for Llagrimas de Sangre and other great works

@BlindDweller Год назад

I remember that business 😭 thanks either way for suggesting her! I'll check Oswaldo out as well 🙂

@SopiPhotography Год назад

Ms Kollwits' work is astounding! Cheers 🍻 for doing this story on her life and work!

@J.Foss_Oaxaca 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for putting together this moving video, with so many great images. I’d like to suggest a future episode on the work and ife of Paula Modersohn-Becker.

@Freiya2011 3 месяца назад

A true human. An empathic woman. A mother. A griefstricken wife. A fighter. An absolute miracle. And her artwork has to touch every feeling heart.

@sashastarcat Год назад

Dear Dweller, please make a video of Guanajuato’s beautiful and terrifying mummies museum. It will blow your mind.

@fneedler 11 месяцев назад

if i could suggest a remarkable Austrian painter and sculptor Herbert Boeckl, working within the Vienna fin de siecle of Schiele and Klimt.

@jerrolerro5187 9 месяцев назад

I really like your video's, only i believe the music underneath it cheapens it a bit form me. The spooky music is what would be expected with edgy horror story videos, not artists and artwork even if the subjectmatter is dark. Just my opinion

5 месяцев назад

Wonderful documentary. Thanks for this.

@TC-rk9vu 8 месяцев назад

Does anyone have any photos Kollwitz ever smiling or something to that effect ???? Possibly even looking content . It’s really sad to see her in almost a constant state of seriousness/stern looking to the point of misery. Almost as if she was put on earth to suffer along with all of her subjects she painted.

@markwieser1490 Год назад

Hey great video ! And if you still take suggestions on artists I’d like to recommend to you the work of Dave Mckean , it’s a really interesting body of art and I’d really love to see you cover him one day

@HeavyBoots-os2ev Год назад

Yes! The vertigo comics Sandman has influanced my life and world view for 20+ years now. His covers are some of the best ever. Iconic.

@Chango110418 4 месяца назад

This was amazing! I seen these art pieces at the MoMa a few days ago and I had to learn more about Kathe. Another artist I would love to see a video on would be Sonia Delaney and her husbands art. Both are featured right now.

@eshwar6969 5 месяцев назад

Thank you, this video helped me with my art presentation on Kathe Kollwitz.

@pedrorubendelgadorodriguez5405 Год назад

Un trabajo excelente. Una artista fuera de serie . Pero el arte es espiritual,y su conección es a tierra, por lo que todo arte virtual es solo humo ,falta vida orgánica.

@elainealibrandi6364 Год назад

Thank you so much for this insightful video.

@berno1314-fh8vq Год назад

you could do a video on klemens brosch. interesting life and artworks from him.

@joelleschachter2867 7 месяцев назад

Not sure how i got to this site first but i really appreciate it Eventhough often from pain it is such a fresh air in the world of art Have not watched all but up until today it is mostly works of women I wonder why Also often there is not enough time to read the words But thank you Thank you

@colinreid325 3 месяца назад

I wonder how she would have portrayed today's world? She inspires me.

@musical_pumpkin1123 Год назад

Another good video, bravo.

@lucasmaguire5014 Год назад

I have a recommendation for an artist if you haven’t done Salvador Dali?

@vanceishere Год назад

You should take a look at Bryan Charnley if you haven't yet. His self portrait series follows the progression of his schizophrenia as he gave up on his treatments and powerfully portrays each stage of his personal deconstruction

@BlindDweller Год назад

Bryan Charnley was my first ever video essay for this channel 🙂

@emthom4129 Год назад

I’d love you to look at Jake and Dinos Chapmans work

@capoislamort100 8 месяцев назад

The great Käthe Kollwitz, an artist without equal.

@chrisgodberartist 6 месяцев назад

I'd be interested in your thoughts on Roberto Matta

@28306dc Год назад

Love your work! 🖤

@BlindDweller Год назад

Thank you so much! 🖤

@KeithForbes-d8w Год назад

How about a study of Clive Barkers art?

@avaniumrikar6183 Год назад

Please cover Indian artist rabindranath tagor

@RSSIPPEL.ART. Год назад

Just a thought...maybe feature the lithographs of Biologist/ Artist Ernst Haeckel? Specifically the plates from "Kunstformen Der Natur". I think you might like those illustrations; if youve never seen them...

@LyubomirIko Год назад

Her work reminds me of Oswaldo Guayasamin. Maybe he was inspired be her? He goes even further with the human proportions and really exaggerate them, showing the inner emotions and conditions that way, as well with very clever play of "inverted" stylized colours/shadows. That said, I am really impressed with the type of anatomy and shadows Kollwitz achieved, I can only guess she was using models a lot, although some artist can achieve it from imagination and if this is the case I am speechless...

@thelamer3025 Год назад

👌

@everydaygoth Год назад

Is that the right link for Artist Corner in the description? I was really interested in it, especially being on the spectrum myself. Another amazing video btw and I love all your content!

@BlindDweller Год назад

You're right, I pasted the link to her Instagram instead, my bad! Edited now 😊

@everydaygoth Год назад

@@BlindDweller thank you so much!

@leukeliedjes4248 Год назад

What's the music used? Thanks.

@snorkfroken7056 Год назад

Ive just been 2 her exibition and I did cry a bit

@420happyhippy Год назад

This work reminds me of the illustrations within the wordless comic/novel named, "The Flood". If by chance youve never heard of the book, then i HIGHLY suggest checking it out. Simply amazing!

@Stu_DLNGR Год назад

24:34 husband looks like Bukowski

@grusome3141 Год назад

Dan peacock would be awesome!

@jonasderdritte3100 Год назад

I just stumbled on Jose Gutierrez Solana. I don't know much about him, but he has some pretty dark, partly obscure paintings. He is called an expressionist that is influenced by Goyas black paintings. One painting reminded me of James Ensor (who is also extraordinary). Maybe you would like him too.