Though Kollwitz is considered a fine artist, I find that much of her work, including this piece, does contain illustrative qualities. Her work relates a lot to her own life and depicts experiences of her own, in this piece for instance; she lost a son during WW1 and then a grandson during WW2 as well as her siblings when she was young, so loss of a child became a very sensitive issue to her which is evident in her work. But she makes her work relatable to others who have also experienced loss due to war, poverty or who are going through similar feelings of depression that she went through. Her work definitely conveys these emotions in quite a narrative fashion which I think blurs the line between fine art and illustration.
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