1889, Kathe Kollwitz, Self-portrait -- Royal Academy of Arts (London)
From the museum label: While training to be a painter in Munich, Kollwitz made a group of self-portraits in which she adopted different attitudes. Aged 22 in this work, her confident pose recalls Rembrandt. Raised by a socialist family and influenced by the writings of the artist Max Klinger, Kollwitz rejected painting from 1890 onwards, instead devoting her talents to the graphic arts, which could reach a wider public.
1889, Kathe Kollwitz, Self-portrait -- Royal Academy of Arts (London)
From the museum label: While training to be a painter in Munich, Kollwitz made a group of self-portraits in which she adopted different attitudes. Aged 22 in this work, her confident pose recalls Rembrandt. Raised by a socialist family and influenced by the writings of the artist Max Klinger, Kollwitz rejected painting from 1890 onwards, instead devoting her talents to the graphic arts, which could reach a wider public.