Kurt Schwitters
Born: 20-Jun-1887
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Died: 8-Jan-1948
Location of death: Westmoreland, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Engesohder Friedhof, Hanover, Germany
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Artist
Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Collagist, Merz
Among the artists condemned by the Nazis at the Degenerate Art exhibit in 1937.
Father: (d. 1931)
Wife: Helma Fischer (m. 5-Dec-1915, d. 1944, 2 children)
Son: Ernst (b. 1918)
Daughter: Esther (stepdaughter)
Girlfriend: Edith Thomas
University: Dresden Academy of Art
Entartete Kunst Exhibition
Exiled to Norway (1937)
Suicide Attempt Lysaker, Norway
Heart Attack 1944
Stroke 1946
Allied Internment Camp Inmate Douglas Camp, Isle of Man (1940)
Risk Factors: Epilepsy, Depression
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