Collecting Kathe Kollwitz with Dr. Richard Simms
K\xe4the Kollwitz (1867\u20131945) was a prolific printmaker whose\nwork explored painful themes such as hunger, poverty, and death. To achieve her\npowerful results, she employed a wide range of printing techniques and created\nnumerous drawings and working proofs as part of her process. A new exhibition\nat the Getty Research Institute, K\xe4the\nKollwitz: Prints, Process, Politics, showcases her working methods through pieces\ndonated as a partial gift in 2016 by Dr. Richard. A. Simms. \n\n\n\nSimms, born in New Orleans 1926 and a dentist and\northodontist by trade, is a dedicated collector of prints and drawings who came\nto Kollwitz\u2019s work by chance. The Dr. Richard A. Simms Collection at the GRI\ncontains more than 650 nineteenth- and twentieth-century works by Kollwitz. \n\n\n\nIn this episode, Dr. Simms discusses his unusual path to becoming a collector and the appeal of Kollwitz\u2019s art. Getty Research Institute exhibitions coordinator Christa Aube, who co-curated the exhibition with Louis Marchesano and Naoko Takahatake, joins the conversation to lend insight into Kollwitz\u2019s working methods.\n\n\n\nFor images, transcripts, and more, visit getty.edu/podcasts.