Kurt schwitters

As the first retrospective of the work of Hannah Höch opens at the Whitechapel Gallery, AnOther presents a collection of the best collage art

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The German dadaist, who lived and worked in Britain, made some of the 20th century's most beautiful and accomplished collages, and paved the way for pop art

Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) lived for several years in Norway and has had a major influence on many of today's artists. The Henie Onstad Art Centre in Bærum exhibits the largest permanent presentation of Schwitters outside Germany; highlighting his close ties to Norway.

Raoul Hausmann

Artist: Kurt Schwitters (1887 – 1948) Nationality: German Movement: Dadaism Media: Painting After studying at the Dresden Academy, Kurt Schwitters worked as a designer, architect, typographer…

Kurt Schwitters | Ohne Titel (dol 333) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

I thought I'd take a look at the most famous famous exponent of the art of collage, Kurt Schwitters. Schwitters (1887 – 1948) was born in Hannover, Germany. He attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hannover from 1908 to 1909 and from 1909 to 1914 studied at the Kunstakademie Dresden. After serving as a draftsman in the military in 1917, Schwitters experimented with Cubist and Expressionist styles. In 1918, he made his first collages and in 1919 invented the term “Merz,” which he was to apply to…

first published in As It Ought To Be, November 27, 2011 Portrait of Kurt Schwitters by El Lissitzky, 1929. GOODBYE KURT SCHWITTERS by Matt Gonzalez “I use any material the picture demands.” Kurt Sc…