Artist in Focus - Kurt Schwitters

Kurt Schwitters was a German artist born in Hanover in 1887. Known for his contributions to the Surrealist and Constructivist movements, Schwitters began his creative career as a student of the Dresden Academy.

He collected discarded materials for his collages, creating compositions with scraps of paper and packaging. Using society’s throwaways in his work reflects the decline in economic and political stability following the First World War.

The idea that “everything had broken down and new things had to be made out of the fragments” was Schwitters’ creative philosophy during the height of his career.

Aquarell Fallman-Springer Kurt Schwitters
Collection: DL | POD
Merz Composition Kurt Schwitters
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Collected Curiosities Kurt Schwitters
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Street View Assemblage Kurt Schwitters
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Virtu Archives Kurt Schwitters
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Continental Ephemera Kurt Schwitters
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Red Bonbon Kurt Schwitters
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Kleine Collage Kurt Schwitters
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Miscellanea Montage Kurt Schwitters
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Objet Trouvé Kurt Schwitters
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Composed Assortment Kurt Schwitters
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Patchwork Expression Kurt Schwitters
Collection: DL | POD
Collage Black, Yellow and Ear Kurt Schwitters
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Milk Flower Kurt Schwitters
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Entrance Ticket (Mz 465) Kurt Schwitters
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Ausgewogene Steine Kurt Schwitters
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Gute Laune Kurt Schwitters
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Rotes Blatt Kurt Schwitters
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Tea Rose Kurt Schwitters
Collection: GCL | POD
Composition with Typographical Elements Kurt Schwitters
Collection: GCL | POD

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