I agree that my art has purpose. I want to be effective in this time when people are so helpless and in need of aid.«
Today, Kollwitz researchers know of around 20 poster designs by the artist. These include some of her most famous works, such as the lithograph »Never Again War« which was an icon of the peace movement well into the 1980s.
Her first two works, the »Poster for the Cottage Industry Exhibition« from 1906 and »For Greater Berlin« from 1912, scandalised the imperial court and were eventually banned.
The artist’s later posters were mostly composed between 1919 and 1926 during the Weimar Republic when the extent of her fame had reached a peak. These posters focus on the deprivation caused by the First World War and highlight the artist’s pacifist concerns.
