1867 - 1945
Käthe Kollwitz (German pronunciation: [kɛːtə kɔlvɪt͡s] born as Schmidt; 8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking (including etching, lithography and woodcuts) and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger and war on the working class. Despite the realism of her early works, her art is now more closely associated with Expressionism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Käthe Kollwitz has received more than 1,020,298 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Käthe Kollwitz is the 16th most popular artist (up from 18th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Russia (up from 173rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Artist.
Käthe Kollwitz is most famous for her prints and drawings, which depict the struggles of the working class in Germany.
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Among artists, Käthe Kollwitz ranks 16 out of 78. Before her are Joseph Beuys, Yves Klein, Hiroshige, Marina Abramović, Theo van Doesburg, and El Lissitzky. After her are Roy Lichtenstein, Luca Signorelli, Anders Zorn, David Hockney, Keith Haring, and Adolph Menzel.
1921 - 1986
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 10
1928 - 1962
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 11
1797 - 1858
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 12
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 13
1883 - 1931
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 14
1890 - 1941
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 15
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 16
1923 - 1997
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 17
1450 - 1523
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 18
1860 - 1920
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 19
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 20
1958 - 1990
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 21
1815 - 1905
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 22
Among people born in 1867, Käthe Kollwitz ranks 10. Before her are Józef Piłsudski, Luigi Pirandello, Arturo Toscanini, Emily Greene Balch, Mary of Teck, and John Galsworthy. After her are Emil Nolde, Maxime Weygand, Natsume Sōseki, Pierre Bonnard, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and Percy Fawcett. Among people deceased in 1945, Käthe Kollwitz ranks 44. Before her are Hans Krebs, Oskar Dirlewanger, Roland Freisler, Hans Fischer, Josef Kramer, and Wilhelm Burgdorf. After her are Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Stefan Banach, Giovanni Agnelli, Robert Ritter von Greim, Karl-Otto Koch, and Karl Hanke.
1867 - 1935
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 4
1867 - 1936
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 5
1867 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 6
1867 - 1961
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 7
1867 - 1953
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 8
1867 - 1933
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 9
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 10
1867 - 1956
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 11
1867 - 1965
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 12
1867 - 1916
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 13
1867 - 1947
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 14
1867 - 1929
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 15
1867 - 1925
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 16
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 38
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 39
1893 - 1945
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 40
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 41
1906 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 42
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 43
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 44
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 45
1892 - 1945
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 46
1866 - 1945
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 47
1892 - 1945
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 48
1897 - 1945
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 49
1903 - 1945
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 50
Among people born in Russia, Käthe Kollwitz ranks 170 out of 3,262. Before her are El Lissitzky (1890), Sergey Shoygu (1955), Felix Steiner (1896), Gala Dalí (1894), Vladimir Tatlin (1885), and Pavel Cherenkov (1904). After her are Sergei Diaghilev (1872), Gotthard Heinrici (1886), Yuri Dolgorukiy (1095), Marina Tsvetaeva (1892), Anatoly Karpov (1951), and Alexander Friedmann (1888).
1890 - 1941
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 164
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 165
1896 - 1966
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 166
1894 - 1982
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 167
1885 - 1953
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 168
1904 - 1990
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 169
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 170
1872 - 1929
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 171
1886 - 1971
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 172
1095 - 1157
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 173
1892 - 1941
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 174
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 175
1888 - 1925
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 176
Among artists born in Russia, Käthe Kollwitz ranks 2. Before her are El Lissitzky (1890). After her are Aleksandr Golovin (1863) and Petr Pavlensky (1984).
1890 - 1941
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 2
1863 - 1930
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3
1984 - Present
HPI: 35.16
Rank: 4