Collage Artist: Kurt Schwitters

The following images are some that were created by the collage artist, Kurt Schwitters, a German artist who lived from 1887 to 1948. During his art career, he worked with Expressionism, on to Dada art, Cubism, and later on Internationalism. He fled to Norway just before the beginning of World War II, as he was in danger of arrest. His art was considered "degenerate art" by the Nazi's. He was in exile for a number of years, and spent some time in internment camps which, oddly enough, contained many artists, writers and other intellectuals. He also created installation art called "Merzbau," wherein he altered interior spaces using the same style as is seen in Cubism.