The Best 9 Pieta Käthe Kollwitz Berlin - He fought Hitler, his Schergen Kthe Kollwitz was threatened and pursued for her regime-critical stance. In 1993, a distorted copy of the Piet was erected as the centerpiece of the Bundesrepublik's Central Memorial to the Victims of War and Violence. Diaries of Kthe Kollwitz, 22 October 1937 Despite the connection to ecclesiastical art, Kthe Kollwitz repeatedly stated that the group was not a religious piece. The group is merged with the plinth and is dominated by the mother's voluminous draped figure. The Piet has a clear, relief-like frontal vista in several spots.
Piet. A duplicate of a little sculpture by Kthe Kollwitz may be found in Berlin's Neue Wache ('New Guardhouse'). It is situated beneath an open skylight, known as an oculus, which exposes it to the elements. The original was created by Kollwitz in the late 1930s as a monument to her son Peter, who was killed in the First World War. Einige Gsse bereits vor 1945, spter von den Erben autorisierte Nachgsse in limited edition (ca. 20 Expl. ), u. a. Kthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzie (Polen), Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie in Regensburg, Privatbesitz (Kanada, Schweiz, USA, BRD).
Kthe Kollwitz's "Piet, Neue Wache (Berlin) Mutter mit totem Sohn" (Mother with dead son). New Watches (Berlin). Victims of Fascism and Militarism Memorial The Kathe Kollwitz Pieta in the Neue Wache, a Greek temple-like edifice on the Unter den Linden, was a memorable sight. When the Berlin Wall collapsed, this tribute to fascist victims was turned into a new national memorial, complete with a facsimile of Kathe Kollwitz's 'Mother and Her Dead Son.'
