Kurt Schwitters
- Introduction
- Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948) was a German artist who was born in Hanover, Germany. 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.
- Wikidata
- Q155158
- 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, Hamburger
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Author, Writer, Designer, Typographer, Publisher, Graphic Designer, Poet, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor
- Names
- Kurt Schwitters, Herman Edward Karl Julius Schwitters, Kurt Herman Edward Karl Julius Schwitters, Schwitters
- Ulan
- 500026542
Exhibitions
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Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented
Through Apr 10
MoMA
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511: The Vertical City
Oct 21, 2019–Oct 12, 2020
MoMA
Collection gallery
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513: Design for Modern Life
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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The Long Run
Nov 11, 2017–May 5, 2019
MoMA
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Dadaglobe Reconstructed
Jun 12–Sep 18, 2016
MoMA
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Kurt Schwitters has
85 exhibitionsonline.
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Kurt Schwitters Drawing A2: Hansi 1918
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Kurt Schwitters Picture with Light Center (Bild mit heller Mitte) 1919
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Kurt Schwitters Revolving 1919
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Kurt Schwitters Anna Blume: Dichtungen (Die Silbergäule, vol. 39/40) 1919
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Kurt Schwitters N Watercolor 1. (The Heart Goes from Sugar to Coffee) (N Aquarell 1. (Das Herz geht vom Zucker zum Kaffee)) 1919
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Kurt Schwitters Cover for Der Sturm (The Storm) 10, no. 4 1919
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Kurt Schwitters Die Kathedrale (Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42) 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Plate (folio 1) from Die Kathedrale (Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42) 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Plate (folio 2) from Die Kathedrale (Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42) 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Plate (folio 3) from Die Kathedrale (Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42) 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Plate (folio 4) from Die Kathedrale (Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42) 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Plate (folio 5) from Die Kathedrale (Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42) 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Plate (folio 6) from Die Kathedrale (Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42) 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Plate (folio 7) from Die Kathedrale (Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42) 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Front cover from Die Kathedrale (Die Silbergäule, vol. 41/42) 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Merz 22 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Merz 39. Russian Picture 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Merz Drawing 83. Drawing F 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Merz 88. Red Stroke 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Untitled (fec.) 1920
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Kurt Schwitters One One (Eins Eins) 1919–20
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Kurt Schwitters Cover for Seconds Through the Brain: An Uncannily Fast-Rotating Novel (Sekunde Durch Hirn, Ein unheimlich schnell rotierender Roman) by Melchior Vischer, Die Silbergäule, vol. 59/61 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Merz 460. Two Underdrawers 1921
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Kurt Schwitters Merz Picture 32 A. The Cherry Picture (Merzbild 32 A. Das Kirschbild) 1921
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Kurt Schwitters Mz. 252. Colored Squares 1921
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Kurt Schwitters Santa Claus 1922
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Kurt Schwitters Mz 379. Potsdamer 1922
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Theo van Doesburg, Kurt Schwitters Kleine Dada Soirée 1922
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Kurt Schwitters Merz 370. Blue Spark 1922
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Kurt Schwitters Mz 448 Moscow (Mz 448 Moskau) 1922
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Kurt Schwitters Mz 442 1922
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Kurt Schwitters Famiglia 1922
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Kurt Schwitters Mz 461. Goldmark. 1922
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Kurt Schwitters Cover for The Flower Anna: The New Anna Flower: A collection of poems from the years 1918–1922 (Die Blume Anna. Die neue Anna Blume: eine Gedichtsammlung aus den Jahren 1918–1922) by Kurt Merz Schwitters 1922
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Kurt Schwitters Merz 3 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Plate 3 from Merz 3 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Plate 4 from Merz 3 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Plate 3 from Merz 3 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Plate 2 from Merz 3 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Plate 6 from Merz 3 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Cover from Merz 3 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Title page from Merz 3 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Mz 704. Bühlau 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Plate 1 from Merz 3 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Plate 5 from Merz 3 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Merz no. 2: Number i (Nummer i) 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Merz 2: Ich bin der Künstler von i 1923
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Kurt Schwitters Allgemeines Merz Programm 1923
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