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Kurt Schwitters

1887 - 1948

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Schwitters is the 23rd most popular artist (down from 20th in 2019), the 848th most popular biography from Germany (down from 716th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Artist.

Kurt Schwitters is most famous for his work in the Dada movement. He was a painter, sculptor, and poet who created a series of collages by cutting up and rearranging found materials.

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Among artists, Kurt Schwitters ranks 23 out of 125. Before him are El Lissitzky, Anders Zorn, Roy Lichtenstein, Adolph Menzel, David Hockney, and Keith Haring. After him are Akira Yoshizawa, Banksy, Josef Albers, Émile Gallé, Onfim, and Edward Burne-Jones.

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Among people born in 1887, Kurt Schwitters ranks 41. Before him are Nikolai Vavilov, Lothar Rendulic, Alvin York, Alexander Archipenko, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and Erich Mendelsohn. After him are George Pólya, René Cassin, John Reed, Emilio Mola, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, and Harald Bohr. Among people deceased in 1948, Kurt Schwitters ranks 33. Before him are Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Johannes Blaskowitz, Karl Gebhardt, Babe Ruth, Umberto Giordano, and John J. Pershing. After him are Georges Bernanos, Lizzie Magie, Iwane Matsui, Zelda Fitzgerald, Pompeu Fabra, and Uzeyir Hajibeyov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt Schwitters ranks 848 out of 7,253. Before him are Gertrude the Great (1256), Charles I of Württemberg (1823), Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1720), Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504), Otto Ernst Remer (1912), and Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947). After him are Günter Schabowski (1929), Max Schmeling (1905), Gudrun Burwitz (1929), Georg von Frundsberg (1473), Albert of Saxony (1828), and Karl Harrer (1890).

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Among ARTISTS In Germany

Among artists born in Germany, Kurt Schwitters ranks 3. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), and Joseph Beuys (1921). After him are Josef Albers (1888), Bernt Notke (1435), Méret Oppenheim (1913), John Heartfield (1891), Ulay (1943), Marianne Brandt (1893), Gunta Stölzl (1897), and Daniel Hopfer (1470).

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