Käthe Kollwitz

The Weavers is a print cycle inspired by Gerhart Hauptmann's play about the 1844 Silesian weavers' revolt. Kollwitz worked on the series in the 1890s, using etching and lithography to show poverty, anger, and grief.

Kollwitz's son Peter was killed in 1914, soon after joining the German army. That loss shaped later works about mothers, mourning, and anti-war feeling.

Never Again War is a 1924 anti-war poster showing a young figure with one hand raised in oath or protest. It became one of Kollwitz's clearest public statements after World War I.

The Grieving Parents is installed at the German military cemetery in Vladslo, Belgium. Kollwitz made it in memory of her son Peter, who is buried there.