Kurt Merz Schwitters
A Biographical Study
Gwendolen Webster(Author)
University of Wales Press
Published on 17. October 1997
Book
Hardback
460 pages
978-0-7083-1438-8 (ISBN)
Description
"Everything's right, and so is the opposite" was the philosophy of the artist Kurt Schwitters, who died in England, an exile from Hitler's Germany. Painter, poet, advertising agent, cabaret artists, and a talented all-rounder, his wildly unorthodox life and works are presented in this biography. The book not only explores Schwitters life but also the background to some of his greatest works. It contains much information about his personal life and places him into an historical context as one of a select group of artists who for over a decade fought a battle against the ever-advancing threat of a Nazi dictatorship.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7083-1438-8 (9780708314388)
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Person
Gwendolen Webster is a Research Student in Art History at the Open University.