Kurt Schwitters

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Kurt Schwitters was a German artist and poet best known for his pioneering Merz collages and his influential role in the Dada and early avant-garde movements.

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instanceOf artist
collagist
graphic artist
human
painter
performance artist
poet
sculptor
birthName Kurt Schwitters self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters
causeOfDeath pneumonia
pulmonary edema
child Ernst Schwitters
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1887-06-20
dateOfDeath 1948-01-08
educatedAt Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
surface form: Kunstakademie Dresden

School of Applied Arts in Hanover
fieldOfWork abstract art
collage
installation art
sound poetry
typography
genre concrete poetry
experimental poetry
sound poetry
influenced Fluxus
Pop art
conceptual art
installation art
influencedBy Dada
surface form: Dada movement
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement Constructivism
Dada
Merzbau
surface form: Merz

Surrealism
name Kurt Schwitters self-link
notableConcept Merzbau
surface form: Merz
notableWork Merzbau
surface form: Merz collages

Merzbau
Ursonate
participatedIn World War I
surface form: First World War
placeOfBirth German Empire
Hanover
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
placeOfDeath Cumbria
England
Kendal
United Kingdom
religion Lutheranism
spouse Kurt Schwitters self-linksurface differs
surface form: Helma Schwitters
workLocation Hanover
Norway
United Kingdom

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Dada hasKeyFigure Kurt Schwitters
Kurt hasNotableBearer Kurt Schwitters
European avant-garde hasKeyFigure Kurt Schwitters
Hannah Höch influencedBy Kurt Schwitters
Kurt Schwitters name Kurt Schwitters self-link
Kurt Schwitters birthName Kurt Schwitters self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters
Kurt Schwitters spouse Kurt Schwitters self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Helma Schwitters
Merzbau creator Kurt Schwitters
Sprengel Museum Hanover hasWorkBy Kurt Schwitters