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Kurt Schwitters
Sign in to saveAlso known as Herman Edward Karl Julius Schwitters, Kurt Herman Edward Karl Julius Schwitters, Curt Hermann Eduard Carl Julius Schwitters, Schwitters
German artist (1887–1948)
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- Born
- 20 June 1887
- Died
- 8 January 1948
- Works
- 87
Top works
- Anna Blume und andere
- Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales
- Kurt Schwitters
- Schwitters
- Die Kathedrale
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1887
- Active to
- 1948
Discography
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Kurt Schwitters (June 20, 1887 - January 8, 1948) was a German painter who was born in Hannover, Germany. Schwitters worked in several genres and mediums, including Dada, Constructivism, Surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, collage, sculpture, typography and what came to be known as installations. Biography and art Though not a direct participant in Dada activities, he employed Dada ideas in his work, such as his Merz works — art pieces built up of found objects; some were very small <a href="
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,510x
- A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
· 2006 · cited 28,968x
- Multilayer feedforward networks are universal approximators
· 1989 · cited 18,311x
- Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics
· 2004 · cited 10,286x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,265x
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Quotes
- “My name is Schwitters, Kurt Schwitters.. .I'm a painter and I nail my pictures.. .I'd like to be accepted into the Dada Club”
- “Merz art strives for immediate expression by shortening the path from intuition to visual manifestation of the artwork.. ..they will receive my new work as they always have when something new presents itself: with indignation and screams of scorn.”
- “Merz stands for the freedom of all fetters.. .Merz also means tolerance towards any artistically motivated limitation. Every artist must be allowed to mould a picture out of nothing but blotting paper, for example, provided he is capable of moulding a picture.”
- “The medium is as unimportant as I myself. Essential is only the forming.. .I take any material whatsoever if the picture demands it. When I adjust materials of different kinds to one another, I have taken a step in advance of mere oil painting, for in addition to playing off color against color, line against line, form against form etc., I play off material against material, wood against sack clothes.”
- “We, the founders of Dada-movement try to give time its own reflection in the mirror.”
- “Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos. Art is free in the use of its means in any way it likes, but is bound to its laws and to its laws alone. The minute it becomes art, it becomes much more sublime than a class distinction between proletariat and bourgeoisie.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters , ( 1887-06-20 ) 20 June 1887, Hanover , German Empire
- Died
- 8 January 1948 (1948-01-08) (aged 60), Kendal , England
- Education
- Dresden Academy
- Known for
- Dancing, collage , artist's book , installation , sculpture, poetry
- Notable work
- Das Undbild , 1919
- Movement
- Merz
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Kurt Schwitters, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Advertising postcard of Paul Steegemann Publishing House in Hanover with photographic illustration by Kurt Schwitters [loc.]
Collage
The constellation
Breite Schmurchel
Haar-Nabel-Bild
Untitled (printed matter)
Merzz. 101. Village
Merz image 35 A
Mz. 158 Das Kotsbild
Constructive image (Merz 1926 No. 8)
Portrait Carola Giedeon-Welcker
Aq.37. industrial area
Merz postcard with illustration: "Kurt Schwitter 's. Merz plastic. The cult pump."Collaged with sticker BANALITIES
Advertising postcard “COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MERZ-VERLAGES...” by Kurt Schwitters to Hannah Höch. Hanover
Postcard of Kurt Schwitters [and Helma Schwitters] to Hannah Höch with illustration: "V. Huszar. 1920. Mechanically leading figure. " Hanover
Letter from Helma Schwitters to Hannah Höch. [O.O.]
Letter [Carte-Lettre] from Nelly van Doesburg with the addition of Kurt Schwitters to Hannah Höch [and Til Brugman]. Paris
Merz postcard undescribed with illustration: "Kurt Schwitters. Picture red Herz-rot [o. O]
Letter from Helma Schwitters and Kurt Schwitters to Hannah Höch [and Til Brugman]. Hanover. Letterhead: “NEW REKLAME/MERZ WERBE [...]”
Die Scheuche : Märchen typografisch gestaltet von Kurt Schwitters, Käte Steinitz, Theo van Doesburg.. Hannover: Apossverlag, 1925. - 12 Seiten.
Schwitters, Kurt (Merz): Tran No. 30: Auguste Bolte (a liver tran.).. Berlin: Publisher Der Sturm, 1923. - 48 p. With hs. dedication of Kurt Schwitters: "Hannah the Auguste von Kurt. / 7.5.1923. '
Merz postcard from Kurt Schwitters to Hannah Höch with illustration: "Kurt Schwitters. Picture red heart-church "and MerzBild, Berlin
Antidada. Prag. Ankündigung und Programm der Antidada-Merz-Presentismus-Tournee von Kurt Schwitters und Raoul Hausmann, Prag, 6./7. September 1921.
Postkarte unbeschrieben mit Abbildung: Kurt Schwitters, Stilleben mit Abendmahlskelch; 1909." [o. O.]
Envelope Address: "An/Mr. Kurt Schwitters/Waldhausenstr. 5. ' With hs. Note by Kurt Schwitters: "Merz propaganda sheet for Hannah Hoech.'[ Hanover]. Attached: Convolute of 23 cut out Merz propaganda papers
Banalities [O.O.]
Postkarte [Merzwerbepostkarte; Kopie] von Kurt Schwitters an Hanns Krenz. Hannover
Postkarte mit Abbildung "Dubitzer Kirchl bei Salesel a. E."
Anna Blume: Seals.. Hanover: Paul Steegemann, 1922. - [New changed edition], (Die Silbergäule; vol. 39/40); 82 p., 11.-13. -.
Letter from Theo van Doesburg to Hannah Höch. Paris. Letterhead: “NB DE STIJL [...]” and essay by Nelly van Doesburg.
Postcard from Kurt Schwitters to Raoul Hausmann. [Postmark: Poppenhausen (Bz. Cassel)]
Merz postcard undescribed with illustration: "Kurt Schwitters. Postcard harmonica. (Merz image) '. [O.O.]
Postcard of Kurt Schwitters [and Ida Bienert] to Hannah Höch [and Til Brugman]. Kipsdorf
Merz-Matinee (red version), [Hanover]
Merz postcard from Kurt Schwitters to Hannah Höch with illustration "Kurt Schwitters. Postcard harmonica. (Merz image) '. Hanover
Merz postcard unfranked by Kurt Schwitters to Arthur Segal with illustration “Kurt Schwitters Franz Müller’s wire spring (Merz image).” [O.O.]
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Encyclopedic overview
Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948) was a German artist. He was born in Hanover, Germany, but lived in exile from 1937.
Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including Dadaism, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, and what came to be known as installation art. He is most famous for his collages, called "Merz Pictures".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kurt Schwitters” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.