Kurt SchwittersGerman, 1887–1948Hey Valentine
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1953.23
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Kurt Schwitters
The whole life1941–1945
Mixes with Gabo, Moholy-Nagy and Nicholson in London
He makes contact with a range of artists in London, including Naum Gabo, László Moholy-Nagy and Ben Nicholson, and exhibits in a number of the city’s galleries, but with little success.
26 June 1945
Moves permanently to Ambleside
He settles permanently in the Lake District, at 2 Gale Crescent, Ambleside; he had first visited the area on holiday with Edith Thomas in September 1942.
February 1946
Second stroke and a move to a more accessible house
After another stroke and further illness he and Edith move to a more easily accessible house at 4 Millans Park.
1947
Awarded a £1,000 fellowship through MoMA
Shortly before his 60th birthday he learns that he has been awarded a £1,000 fellowship, transferred via the Museum of Modern Art in New York, to repair or re-create his earlier Merz constructions in Germany or Norway; instead he uses it for the ‘Merzbarn’.
7 January 1948
Learns he has been granted British citizenship
On 7 January 1948 he receives the news that he has been granted British citizenship; the next day he dies at Kendal Hospital of acute pulmonary oedema and myocarditis.
8 January 1948
Died
