| Timeline |
| 1867 |
Born 8 July in East Prussia |
| 1884 |
Attends the Berlin School of Art |
| 1891 |
Marries Dr. Karl Kollwitz |
| 1892 |
Son Hans is born |
| 1896 |
Son Peter is born |
| 1898 |
Teaches at the Berlin School of Women Artists |
| 1904 |
Visits Paris |
| 1907 |
Spends a year in Florence |
| 1914 |
Son Peter dies in Flanders |
| 1919 |
Elected to the Prussian Academy |
| 1927 |
Visits Moscow |
| 1933 |
Expelled from the academy |
| 1936 |
Branded "degenerate", her works are removed from museums and galleries |
| 1945 |
Dies 22 April in Moritzburg near Dresden |
