Sharpening the Scythe (Biem Dengeln)
Käthe Kollwitz
1905
- Medium
- Compressed charcoal on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 39.6 × 32 cm (15 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- charcoal
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drawings (visual works)plant materialprints and drawingstumpingdrawing techniquespaper (fiber product)charcoal
About
Introduced to the misery of lower class life by her husband, a doctor for the poor, Käthe Kollwitz became a spokeswoman for the downtrodden. She abandoned painting in 1890, pursuing several print cycles, including the historically based Peasant War. This early charcoal study prepares for an etching from the series.
