Kurt Schwitters

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About Kurt Schwitters

!   Lived from 1887-1948

!   Born June 20th, 1887 in Hanover

!   Generally acknowledged as the Twentieth Century’s greatest master of collage

!   Winter of 1918-19 began to make collages

!   Heavily influenced by the work of Hans Arp

!   “MERZ” came from one of his first collages

!   “MERZ” became a type of brand name from 1922 began to refer to himself at Kurt “Merz” Schwitters or simply “Merz”

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Das Undbild Painting-Collage, 1919

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Anna Blume Cover of Anna Blume, 1919

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Merzbau The original Merzbau which was started in 1923 in his Hannover Studio

Source: http://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2011/04/kurt-schwitters-collages.html