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... 22nd of October, 1914 her son was killed at Flanders Field, her husband died of an illness in 1940 and in World War II her grandson was killed in 1942. These events led her to suffer from depression for much of her remaining life. When the Nazis came into power she was forbidden to exhibit her art and her home was bombed in 1943. She never saw the end of World War Two and died on the 22 of April 1945. Käthe's art was influenced by people, her life and the time and place that she lived. Max Klinger, Wilhelm Leibl and the realist writer Zola all influenced Kollwitz. Throughout her life Kollwitz saw many tragedies and drew much inspiration from her husband's patients who were living in extreme poverty. After becoming a mother her art began to follow a mother theme and she portrays many mother child relationships in her ...