Käthe Kollwitz "Die Gerfangenen" or "The Prisoners" Ferdinand Gallery Etching

Original etching restrike, The Prisoners (Die Gefangenen) by the German artist Käthe Kollwitz. It is the seventh and final plate in her print series Peasants' War (Bauernkrieg), created between 1902 and 1908 and published in 1908. The series depicts the brutal historical events of the German Peasants' Revolt of 1522-1525. Kollwitz used a combination of etching, drypoint, and soft-ground etching techniques to create the work. 

Print measures approx: 13 1/2" x 17 1/2"

In matte measures: 20 3/4" x 25"

Very good condition overall. Please zoom in on each photo taken.

"German expressionist Käthe Kollwitz made striking woodcuts, etchings, and lithographs that communicated the suffering of working-class people. Kollwitz was born in 1867 in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). She moved to Berlin as a young woman, establishing herself as a successful artist among mostly male peers. In 1919, she became the first woman member of the Prussian Academy of Arts.

Kollwitz experienced significant personal loss in her life, including the death of her son Peter in World War I. Her experiences with death and anguish informed her artwork, as did her ties to prominent Social Democrats. Kollwitz depicted the effects of war and poverty on working-class women.

Her compelling black-and-white prints established Kollwitz as a great European artist of the 20th century. She died in April 1945, just weeks before the end of World War II."

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