Kurt schwitters brief biography of mahatma

Schwitters believed in his own artistic importance and kept copious records of all his work in manila folders in the attic of his family home in Hanover. Tragically, an Allied bombing raid in WWII destroyed all of them, including his complete archives, the magazines and books he had designed and written, multiple works of art, and his first Merzbau - the elaborate sculptural environment that was his masterwork.

This tremendous loss, and the fact that he did not receive commercial success during his lifetime, has complicated gauging his significant contribution to modern art. Nevertheless, Schwitters anticipated many of the most significant trends in avant-garde art, most importantly the combination and manipulation of ordinary materials within multi-media oeuvre , as noted in the works of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg and an almost whimsical approach to art as noted in that of Claes Oldenburg.

His belief that art could not be restricted to a canvas on the wall and anticipated the Happenings , participatory events of the s characterized by mixed media, art, and performance. The idea that art should provoke the audience to make their own connections between the given elements, so fundamental to his Merz creations, was key to many postmodernist artists.

Content compiled and written by The Art Story Contributors. Edited and revised, with Summary and Accomplishments added by Caroline Igra. The Art Story. Ways to support us. Movements and Styles: Dada. Important Art. Revolving The Cherry Picture Merz Typoreklame Maraak, Variation I Merzbild Merzbau Merz Construction Untitled The Clown Early Training.

Mature Period. Late Period. Influences and Connections. Useful Resources. Similar Art and Related Pages. Freedom is not lack of restraint, but the product of strict artistic discipline. Out of parsimony I took whatever I found to do this because we were now an impoverished country. One can even shout with refuse, and this is what I did, nailing and gluing it together.

I called it 'Merz': it was a prayer about the victorious end of the war.. It is possible to cry out using bits of old rubbish, and that's what I did, gluing and nailing them together. It is not connected to anything outside. Influences on Artist. Pablo Picasso. Georges Braque. El Lissitzky. Hans Arp. Theo van Doesburg. Raoul Hausmann. Tristan Tzara.

Richard Huelsenbeck. De Stijl. Jasper Johns. Robert Rauschenberg. Ed Ruscha. Museums and galleries. Products and prices. Subscribe About the artist. Read more. Artworks liked by. Artworks by the artist.

Kurt schwitters brief biography of mahatma

Contributes regularly up to Summer Trip to Lake Garda. August Outbreak of First World War. Returns to Hanover. Winter Honeymoon journey to Opherdicke, Westphalia. Summer Travels to the Netherlands with Helma Schwitters. September Becomes subscriptions agent in Germany for the journal De Stijl. April Katherine S. She accompanies Schwitters to his recital at the Bauhaus in Dessau 28 April.

Excursion to the Ore Mountains with Ida Bienert. December Takes part in official opening of the Bauhaus in Dessau recital on 5 December. Subsequently stays in Dresden, holds recital and stays with Ida Bienert in Zwickau, travels on to Halle and Eibenstock. Publication of Merz Translation into musical notation of the Ursonate begins lasting until February Numerous Merz evenings staged in, among other places, the house of Dr.

Numerous joint exhibitions in the years that follow. Four-week trip to France an Belgium. May Travels to Prague for the premiere of his play Schattenspiel written around in an avant-garde theatre in Prague 8 May. Writes the song Zinnoberschlager in collaboration with the composer Walter Gieseking. Dreier and I.