Picture "At the Church Wall" (1931)

"At the Church Wall" was one of the first three works that Käthe Kollwitz exhibited at the "Free Berlin Art Exhibition" in 1983.

Drypoint etching with brush etching, edition after 1931. 50 copies on handmade paper from 1893, numbered and signed. Later unnumbered editions were printed in 1931 (offered here) and between 1948 and 1963, the latter featuring the blind stamp of the gallery owner and publisher Alexander von der Becke. Catalogue raisonné Klipstein 19, Knesebeck 17. Motif size 25 x 13 cm. Sheet size 35 x 25 cm. Size with frame 51 x 37 cm as shown.

About Käthe Kollwitz

The German graphic artist, painter and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz (1867, Königsberg – 1945, Moritzburg) is considered one of the most important women and artists of the 20th century. Käthe Kollwitz worked on themes that shaped her generation. This resulted in a large oeuvre of prints and drawings that dealt with both cheerful and negative subjects.

In 1898, she achieved a breakthrough with her etchings and lithographs at the great Berlin Art Exhibition. The artist made it her mission to draw attention to injustices and discrimination.

The field of graphic arts, that includes artistic representations, which are reproduced by various printing techniques.

Printmaking techniques include woodcuts, copperplate engraving, etching, lithography, serigraphy.

Depiction of typical scenes from daily life in painting, whereby a distinction can be made between peasant, bourgeois and courtly genres.

The genre reached its peak and immense popularity in Dutch paintings of the 17th century. In the 18th century, especially in France, the courtly-galant painting became prominent while in Germany the bourgeois character was emphasised.

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