Brot ! By Kathe Kollwitz: Painting Analysis

Kathe Kollwitz was a German expressionist, she was born in Germany, during the 1920’s Europe was hit really hard by the World War. The horrors of the World war impacted European artists a lot. Their artworks were now much darker than they were before. The painting BROT! by Käthe-Kollwitz shows two young children pulling on their mother and asking for food. The mother looks very distraught and saddened. This artwork was created during the world war by Kathe as an anti-hunger statement.
Kathe used no color and only shading. She did this because bright colors represent joy and happiness. She made the art work dark to represent how the war is taking a toll and her and the European people. Kathe was an expressionist, expressionists came