Biography

1867

Was born July 7, 1867 in Königsberg

1881

Art lessons with Rudolf Mauer

1886

Study of painting as a disciple of Karl Stauffer-Bern in Berlin

1888-1890

Study in Munich as a disciple of Ludwig Herterich

1901

Appointment to the Berlin Secession

1908

Decoration with the “Villa Romana Award”

1919

Member of the Prussian Academy of Arts

1928-1932

Direction of the graphical master studio at the Prussian Academy of Arts, Berlin

1936

Exhibition prohibition by the National Socialists

1943

Destruction of the Berlin-based studio by bombardments

1945

Käthe Kollwitz died April 22, 1945 in Moritzburg