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Merzpicture 9 b (The Big Picture Of Me) Kurt Schwitters, 1919
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Merzpicture 9 b (The Big Picture Of Me)

Kurt Schwitters Β· 1919

Why it's great

A mix of cut paper, bits of wood and splashes of color make a kind of self-portrait, with the title The Big Picture of Me. Kurt Schwitters, from Hanover in Germany, was an artist who could make a picture from almost anything.

Where to see it

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About the artist

Kurt Schwitters

1887–1948 Β· born in Hanover Β· died in Ambleside

Kurt Schwitters was a German artist born in Hanover in 1887. He made collages and sculptures from scraps and trash that he called Merz, and also wrote poems and designed his own Merz Building. He left Germany when the Nazis came to power, lived in Norway and then in England, and died in Ambleside in 1948.

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