About Kurt Schwitters
building three Merzbau installations in three countries, losing all of them, and allegedly sculpting with oatmeal while interned as an enemy alien
Where to see Kurt Schwitters
Ranked by works you can see in person.
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383 works
Sprengel Museum
Sammlungszentrum Hannover, Germany
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5 works
Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Kendal, United Kingdom
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4 works
Museum Ludwig
Gebäudekomplex der Kölner Philharmonie und des Museum Ludwig, Germany
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3 works
Neue Nationalgalerie
Neue Nationalgalerie, Germany
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3 worksSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Upper East Side, United States
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3 works
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery Swartwout Building, United States
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3 works
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Palace of Villahermosa, Spain
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2 works
Museum Belvédère
Heerenveen, Netherlands
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2 works
Musée d'art moderne de Paris
Musée d’Art Moderne, France
Also here (6)
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2 works
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, United States
Kurt Schwitters prints
Hand-finished archival prints from Kurt Schwitters's body of work.
Construction for Noble Ladies - Kurt Schwitters
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Mz 410 - Kurt Schwitters
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Pino Antoni - Kurt Schwitters
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Merz 3 Portfolio: Plate 1 - Kurt Schwitters
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Merzbild Rossfett - Kurt Schwitters
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Mai 191 - Kurt Schwitters
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Picture with Light Center - Kurt Schwitters
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The Hitler Gang - Kurt Schwitters
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2 works
Dresden City Museum
Landhaus, Germany
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2 works
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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2 works
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1 works
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, United Kingdom
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1 works
Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung
Hanover, Germany
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1 works
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
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1 works
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
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1 works
Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Ungersbau, Germany
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1 works
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
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1 works
Museum of Modern Art
Midtown Manhattan, United States
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1 works
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
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1 works
Hatton Gallery
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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1 works
Yokohama Museum of Art
Yokohama, Japan
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1 works
Berlinische Galerie
Berlin, Germany
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1 works
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Building of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands
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1 worksMusée Granet
Aix-en-Provence, France
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1 works
Finnish National Gallery
Helsinki, Finland
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1 works
The Phillips Collection
Duncan Phillips House, United States
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0 works
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern
Valencia, Spain
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0 works
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
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0 works
Israel Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
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0 works
Musée National d'Art Moderne
Centre Pompidou-Metz, France
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See all Kurt Schwitters prints →Frequently Asked Questions
Where did Kurt Schwitters live?
Kurt Schwitters was born in Hanover. He also lived in Dresden and Berlin, where he studied.Where is Kurt Schwitters from?
Kurt Schwitters was Germany, born in 1887 and died in 1948.Who is Kurt Schwitters?
Herman Edward Karl Julius Schwitters was born in Hanover on 20 June 1887. He attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hanover from 1908 to 1909, and from 1909 to 1914, he studied at the Kunstakademie Dresden.What materials did Kurt Schwitters use?
Schwitters created pictures made of waste materials. He began this practice in 1919, one year after the end of the First World War, and called them Merz pictures.Who was Kurt Schwitters?
Herman Edward Karl Julius Schwitters was born in Hanover on 20 June 1887. He attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hanover from 1908 to 1909, and from 1909 to 1914, he studied at the Kunstakademie Dresden.Was Kurt Schwitters a dadaist?
Kurt Schwitters was a Dadaist. Some considered him a natural-born Dadaist, while others thought he was an accidental one.Why was Kurt Schwitters exiled?
Schwitters fled his homeland in 1936 because of signs of impending danger. This was partly due to his prominence as a 'degenerate' artist.What is merz Kurt Schwitters?
Merz was a concept formulated by Kurt Schwitters in 1919. It permitted the use of any and all materials for collages and paintings with collage elements.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Kurt Schwitters's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum Buffalo AKG Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] museum Institut Valencià d'Art Modern Used for: museum holdings.
- [3] museum Sprengel Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [4] museum Musée Granet Used for: museum holdings.
- [5] museum Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Used for: museum holdings.
- [6] museum Finnish National Gallery Used for: museum holdings.
- [7] book guggenheim-futurismmodernfo00solo Used for: biography.
- [8] book guggenheim-guhe00solo Used for: biography.
- [9] book guggenheim-handboo00pegg Used for: biography.
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