Kollwitz, Kathe
From Astro-Databank
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| Birthname | Schmidt, Kathe | ||
| born on | 8 July 1867 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM ) | ||
| Place | Konigsberg, Germany, 50n05, 10e34 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m10e34 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   15°42'   11°38 Asc. 19°51'
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Biography
German artist, a print maker and sculptor. Through her lifetime she was an eloquent spokesperson for victims of social injustice, war and inhumanity. Kollwitz was the first woman elected to the Berlin Academy, 1919, serving as director of the academy's master classes for graphic arts from 1928 until the Nazis dismissed her in 1933.
She married Karl Kollwitz in 1891, a physician who practiced in the city's working-class district. Kollwitz died 4/22/1945 at the Castle of Moritzburg, Germany.
Events
- Death, Cause unspecified 22 April 1945 (Age 77)
- Work : Gain social status 1919 (Elected to the Berlin Academy)
Source Notes
Taeger Lexikon quotes Preuss for 10:00 AM and Niehenke for 9:30 AM
Categories
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Prints, sculpture)
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ social
- Vocation : Education : Teacher (Arts)
