Karl Kollwitz had close links to the Freie evangelische Gemeinde (Free Evangelical Community) and was a member of the Social Democrats. In July 1888 Käthe’s parents announced the engagement of their daughter to the physician Karl Kollwitz (1863–1940), a school friend of her brother Konrad. He was involved in the decoration of the auditorium of Königsberg University and the assembly halls of several grammar schools in Insterburg and Königsberg, where he painted mythological themes and murals on the history of Prussia. This painter of historical subjects, genre paintings and portraits from Königsberg was held in great esteem as a history painter in East Prussia. Klinger’s cycles ✾in Leben« and ✾ine Liebe« (A Love) are of particular importance for the work of Käthe Kollwitz.ġ887–1888 Käthe Schmidt returned to Königsberg and had lessons with the painter Emil Neide (1843–1908).
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This teacher drew her attention to the artist Max Klinger (1857–1920) whose etching series ✾in Leben« (A Life), published in 1884, aroused her enthusiasm at an exhibition in Berlin. After her journey she enrolled in the painting class for portrait studies at the Berliner Künstlerinnenschule (Berlin Academy for Women Artists) under the Swiss painter, graphic artist and sculptor Karl Stauffer-Bern (1857–1891). In Munich she was fascinated by the works of Rubens in the Alte Pinakothek. 1886 During a trip to the Engadine, Käthe Schmidt made the acquaintance of the two naturalistic writers Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946) and Arno Holz (1863–1929) in Berlin.
Käthe Schmidt had her first art lessons in Königsberg with the painter Gustav Naujok (no reliable biographical data) and the copperplate engraver Rudolf Mauer (1845–1905). It was thanks to him that she was educated to become an artist. 1881–1886 Her father became aware of the artistic skills of his daughter.
1867 Käthe Kollwitz, née Schmidt, was born on 8 July 1867 in Königsberg (modern day Kaliningrad) as the fifth child of Carl Schmidt and Katharina Schmidt, née Rupp.
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