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Kurt Schwitters
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Kurt Schwitters Famous memorial

Birth
Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
8 Jan 1948 (aged 60)
Ambleside, South Lakeland District, Cumbria, England
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Ambleside, South Lakeland District, Cumbria, England GPS-Latitude: 54.4300503, Longitude: -2.9671864
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Artist. He was considered by many to be the greatest master of collage. At the Berlin Akademie, he started his own specific flavor of Dadaism, which he called Merz (allegedly from the name Commerz Bank.) Between 1923 and 1932 he published a magazine "Merz", and he performed regular Merz-evenings in his home. He became a friend of Hausmann, Hans Arp, Otto Dix and other dadaists. As a poet he became known of his poem "Anna Blume" (1919). In 1936 he followed his son, Ernst into exile in Norway. From 1940 he lived in London. He died of a stroke in Ambleside, England.

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Artist. He was considered by many to be the greatest master of collage. At the Berlin Akademie, he started his own specific flavor of Dadaism, which he called Merz (allegedly from the name Commerz Bank.) Between 1923 and 1932 he published a magazine "Merz", and he performed regular Merz-evenings in his home. He became a friend of Hausmann, Hans Arp, Otto Dix and other dadaists. As a poet he became known of his poem "Anna Blume" (1919). In 1936 he followed his son, Ernst into exile in Norway. From 1940 he lived in London. He died of a stroke in Ambleside, England.

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Bio by: Apats

Gravesite Details

He has two headstones. One other in Hanover.


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Nick M
  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137948122/kurt-schwitters: accessed ), memorial page for Kurt Schwitters (20 Jun 1887–8 Jan 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 137948122, citing St. Mary The Virgin Churchyard, Ambleside, South Lakeland District, Cumbria, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.