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Kurt Schwitters. The Holy Saddlers' Portfolio. 1922. Collage of papers on board folder, 15 1/8 x 21 15/16" (38.4 x 55.8 cm), Collection Claude Berri
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Introduction
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".
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Q155158
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Introduction
Born 20 June 1887; died 8 January 1948. Schwitters was a Dadaist who associated with the Bauhaus School at Weimar, Germany and with the "de Stijl" group in the Netherlands. Schwitters experimented with light graphics, or cameraless imagery, in the 1920s. Schwitters was a member of the 'ring neue werbegestalter' in the 1920s in Germany. He created assemblages called 'merz' from bits of urban detritus and found objects. German artist.
Nationalities
German, Danish, Hamburger
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Author, Writer, Designer, Typographer, Publisher, Graphic Designer, Poet, Collagist, Graphic Artist, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor
Names
Kurt Schwitters, Herman Edward Karl Julius Schwitters, Kurt Herman Edward Karl Julius Schwitters, Curt Hermann Eduard Carl Julius Schwitters, Schwitters
Ulan
500026542
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Works

162 works online

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Publications

  • Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented, 1918–1939. The Merrill C. Berman Collection at MoMA Edited by Jodi Hauptman and Adrian Sudhalter, 2020 Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 288 pages
  • MoMA Highlights: 375 Works from The Museum of Modern Art Introduction by Glenn D. Lowry, 2019 Flexibound, 408 pages
  • MoMA Now: Highlights from The Museum of Modern Art—Ninetieth Anniversary Edition Introduction by Glenn D. Lowry, 2019 Hardcover, 424 pages
  • Being Modern: Building the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art Edited by Quentin Bajac, 2017 Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 288 pages
  • Inventing Abstraction, 1910-1925: How a Radical Idea Changed Modern Art Leah Dickerman, 2012 Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 376 pages
  • Kurt Schwitters John Elderfield, 1985 Exhibition catalogue, Paperback, pages
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