Käthe Kollwitz
The People
1923
Pencil
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Cologne
Käthe Kollwitz’s depiction of the suffering people during the war seems to be influenced by her viewing experience of the 1910 production of “Oedipus Rex.” After the performance, the artist described her impressions in her diary using vivid imagery. Years after her theater experience, she processed the despair of the war-torn people in her artwork.