{"id":12117,"date":"2024-10-30T16:12:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/?page_id=12117"},"modified":"2024-10-30T16:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:13:13","slug":"hands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/kaethe-kollwitz\/hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands in the work of K\u00e4the Kollwitz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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H\u00e4nde im Werk von K\u00e4the Kollwitz<\/span><\/h1>\n

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In her works, K\u00e4the Kollwitz gives the hands a special significance. She often depicted them excessively large, so that they dominate the motif. Touching, feeling, protecting, demanding, supporting, praying: Touching of various kinds can be found in her depictions. They show security and love, but also herald suffering and danger.<\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” full_width=”stretch_row” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” full_width_row=”true” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-default” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat” min_height=”600px” css=”.vc_custom_1730216016279{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1605614081792{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 70px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-10″][vc_row_inner gap=”35″][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-md-6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_single_image image=”12101″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730299600434{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Study of Hands, 1891, pen and brush in black ink
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<\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730299485205{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The hand has often been used as a motif in the visual arts. Initially it was an anatomical interest in this marvel of nature, followed by the idea that the hand was the tool of the artist’s genius, which could develop into surreal forms. The hand has thus been a popular object of depiction for centuries, although it has been used less frequently as an emotional pictorial element. In K\u00e4the Kollwitz’ work, it became the central motif.[\/vc_column_text]
<\/div>[vc_row_inner gap=”35″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-5″][vc_single_image image=”12112″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Self-portrait with Hand at the Forehead, 1910, etching
\n<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-5″][vc_single_image image=”12095″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Praying Young Woman, 1892, etching
\n<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”35″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-5″][vc_single_image image=”12091″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Uprising, 1899, etching
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<\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730299513153{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Love, security, protection, grief, fear – encounters and intimate relationships played an important role in K\u00e4the Kollwitz’ life. Her diary entries often provide us with impressions of how she experienced closeness and distance.
\nIn her works, these emotional experiences are of particular interest to her. This results in emotionally powerful pictorial inventions that reflect a general state of mind independent of a specific experience. The hand is always used as the strongest means of expression, touching gently or demanding powerfully. Emotions such as sadness, resignation and thoughtfulness are conveyed by hands that often cover the face. The artist directs the viewer’s gaze to the motif that is so important to her through the lighting or a disproportionate moulding.<\/p>\n

The work of K\u00e4the Kollwitz offers a wealth of expressive possibilities to be discovered. In her paintings, the hands \u2018speak\u2019 and tell of great emotions.[\/vc_column_text]

<\/div>[vc_row_inner gap=”35″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-5″][vc_single_image image=”12087″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Mothers, rejected version of the sixth sheet of the series War, 1919, Lithograph<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-5″][vc_single_image image=”12089″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, The Widow<\/em> I, sheet 4 of the series War, 1921-22, woodcut
\n<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”35″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-5″][vc_single_image image=”12114″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Self-portrait, 1921, etching
\n<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-5″][vc_single_image image=”12099″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, In Memoriam Karl Liebknecht, third, final version, 1920, woodcut
\n<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”35″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-5″][vc_single_image image=”12103″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Help Russia<\/em>, Poster without Text, 1921, Lithograph<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-5″][vc_single_image image=”12097″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Parents with Child, 1931, Lithograph<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”35″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-5″][vc_single_image image=”12079″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Call of Death, sheet 8 of the series Death, 1937, Lithograph<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-5″][vc_single_image image=”12081″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz, Saatfr\u00fcchte sollen nicht vermahlen werden, Ende 1941, Lithografie<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]
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Hands in the Work of K\u00e4the Kollwitz<\/h3>\n

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