This museum in a charming villa is devoted to German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), whose social and political awareness lent a tortured power to her lithographs, graphics, woodcuts, sculptures and drawings. Highlights include the antihunger lithography Brot! (Bread!, 1924) and the woodcut series Krieg (War, 1922–23).
Other recurring themes include motherhood and death; sometimes the two are strangely intertwined, as in works that show death as a nurturing figure, cradling its victims. There’s also a copy of Gustav Seitz’ Kollwitz sculpture that sits on Kollwitzplatz in Prenzlauer Berg. Special exhibits supplement the permanent exhibit twice annually.
