Käthe Kollwitz:an image of war

Käthe Kollwitz(1867-1945) is a woman artist who the world a unique perspective on war. Most of her artworks are portrayed the horrors of the World War I battlefields. Kollwitz illuminated the agony of the home front and the anxiety of a soldier's mother. Her art features are often dark oppresive subject matter depicting the revolts and uprisings of contemporary relevance. Images of death, war and injustice dominate her work. Kollwitz was influenced by Max Klinger and the realist writings of Zola . She was the first one elected to the Persian Academy because of her religious belief and of course her art; however, she was expelled from the academy and harrased by the Nazi regime.