Kurt Schwitters
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Person
- Born
- 1887-06-20
- Died
- 1948-01-08
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Kurt Schwitters (June 20, 1887 - January 8, 1948) was a German painter who was born in Hannover, Germany. Schwitters worked in several genres and mediums, including Dada, Constructivism, Surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, collage, sculpture, typography and what came to be known as installations. Biography and art Though not a direct participant in Dada activities, he employed Dada ideas in his work, such as his Merz works — art pieces built up of found objects; some were very small <a href="
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5 total works indexed
- The PHQ-9
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- Multilayer feedforward networks are universal approximators
· 1989 · cited 17,859x
- Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics
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- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
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Key facts
- Born
- Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters , ( 1887-06-20 ) 20 June 1887, Hanover , German Empire
- Died
- 8 January 1948 (1948-01-08) (aged 60), Kendal , England
- Education
- Dresden Academy
- Known for
- Dancing, collage , artist's book , installation , sculpture, poetry
- Notable work
- Das Undbild , 1919
- Movement
- Merz
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Key dates
- Born
- 20 June 1887
- Died
- 8 January 1948
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Julius
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hanover
- Place of death
- Ambleside
- Occupation
- draftsperson
- Political party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta III
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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".