'Art in the Interwar Years, Part 5: Käthe Kollwitz' Webinar

Tickets: $18.88 (fees included) (includes access to the full replay for one week)

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Art doesn’t exist in a vacuum — and between the end of World War I and the eve of World War II, artists were anything but untouched by the chaos. How did the horrors of war, the collapse of empires, deadly pandemics, and ideological revolutions influence the creative minds who lived through it all? From personal grief to utopian ideals, it's time to explore how European artists responded to the rapidly shifting world around them — whether resisting, retreating, reimagining, or redefining what art could mean in the face of overwhelming uncertainty.
Join New York Adventure Club for a five-part series that traces how artists across Europe absorbed and responded to the seismic shifts of the interwar years. In Part Five: Käthe Kollwitz, we’ll reflect on the work of one of the most powerful anti-war voices in 20th-century art — a woman whose deeply personal, socially conscious creations gave voice to grief, protest, and the quiet dignity of the oppressed.
Led by art historian, museum educator, and lecturer Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff, this art-centric virtual journey will feature:

• A look at Kollwitz’s early training and support system, including progressive parents and private art education at a time when women were barred from German academies
• An overview of her marriage to physician Karl Kollwitz, and how witnessing poverty and suffering firsthand shaped her subject matter
• A focus on her art during the interwar years, where grief over the loss of her son in WWI transformed her into a lifelong pacifist and advocate for social justice
• Insight into her mastery of printmaking techniques, such as etching, woodcut, and lithography, used to amplify her political messages
• A discussion around Nazi censorship, which labeled her a degenerate artist, forced her out of public life, and brought her dangerously close to persecution
• The tragic paradox of her legacy, as the Nazis appropriated her imagery for propaganda while silencing her voice, and as she died shortly before the end of WWII

Afterward, we'll have a Q&A with Mariska — any and all questions are welcomed and encouraged!
Can't make it live? Don't worry, you'll have access to the full replay through one week after the entire series concludes.
See you there, virtually!

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About Mariska
Mariska is a Social Psychologist by trade but took up her love for the arts again after the birth of her children. ​
Heavily pregnant with number 3, Mariska finished her MA at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, in Dutch Baroque Art. Soon after this she was lucky enough to lecture for the most wonderful group of students. She decided this was what she wanted to do and set up Art Historical London offering art historical lectures, courses, tours, travel and events from London and Amsterdam, and since 2020 online. ​
Fully accredited in the UK to teach the over 16, Mariska also lectures for NAFDAS, an arts education society with members in the UK and Mainland Europe, New Zealand and Australia. She is a lecturer with the public program of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, and can provide live, online and recorded lectures for groups or individuals.

Art in the Interwar Years Series
Part 1: New Styles After the Great War (Monday, January 26 @ 1:30pm ET)
Part 2: Wassily Kadinsky (Monday, February 2 @ 1:30pm ET)
Part 3: Henri Matisse (Monday, February 9 @ 1:30pm ET)
Part 4: Piet Mondrian (Monday, February 16 @ 1:30pm ET)
Part 5: Käthe Kollwitz (Monday, February 23 @ 1:30pm ET)

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