摘要：This study is the result of a theoretical research and it aims to analyze the work of German artist Käthe Kollwitz from the perspective of engaged art.The techniques used by Kollwitz were etching, lithography, and woodcut, as well as some incursions into sculpture.All of these reveal the characteristics of clarity and of simple and unrefined strokes.Such features are linked to her wish of making art more popular and accessible to those unable to enjoy it in other spaces such as museums.Furthermore, such features are linked to her coherent belief that art should “be an event between the artist and the people”.Kollwitz was inserted within the dynamics of social life and thus her commitment with the proletariat cause was attuned with art situated in the entangled daily life of workers, which was a mixture of pain, suffering, violence, and hardship.Kollwitz’s refusal of conventional artistic beauty shows her vigor in contesting contrasting social inequalities, especially in Germany.She never revealed any links with political parties but her concern with the human condition was evident and it still arouses reflection regarding the future directions of contemporary art.
