Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.
1920s–2004
Items available online are the personal papers of Klaus Hinrichsen. During 1940-41 Hinrichsen was interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp, Isle of Man. The collection documents his time there comprising of camp newspapers, poems, photographs, articles and an identification badge. Also included are his writings on the artist Kurt Schwitters who was also interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp and became a close friend.
Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.
- Collection Owner
- Klaus Hinrichsen 1912–2004
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Klaus Hinrichsen's family in 2005.
- Reference
- TGA 20052
224 objects in this collection
- Title
- Douglas, Hutchinson Camp
- Date
- 1940–1
- Description
- Folder of Hinrichsen's material from Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man containing extracts from the camp paper 'The Camp' or the annual 'Camp Almanac', correspondence and documents, including Hinrichsen's application for release. Also includes the typescript of the lecture 'Elements of Sculpture' by Hinrichsen given 24 May 1941 [in German].
- Reference
- TGA 20052/2/6
Showing 1–20 of 38 objects
Unknown person(s) Camp concert programme
20 October 1916
Unknown person(s) Poems titled ‘Rollcall’ and ‘Prees Heath Interment Camp’
August 1940
B. Ahrends Hutchinson Camp University committee meeting minutes
31 July [1940]
Unknown person(s) Concert programme
1940
Collection owner: Klaus Hinrichsen ‘The Camp’, No. 9
17 November 1940
Klaus Hinrichsen ‘The Camp’, No. 10
24 November 1940
Unknown person(s) ‘The Camp’, No. 12
7 December 1940
Klaus Hinrichsen Page of notes
date not known
Unknown person(s) Cultural Department programme at Hutchinson Internment Camp
December 1940
Klaus Hinrichsen ‘Cultural Flashlights’ by Klaus Hinrichsen
December 1940
Paul Henning Front cover of drawing book belonging to Paul Henning
1940
Unknown person(s) Poem written in German
date not known
Klaus Hinrichsen Preview of ‘The Second Exhibition’ by Klaus Hinrichsen
1940
Hutchinson Internment Camp (Douglas, Isle of Man), recipient: Artists’ Refugee Committee (London, UK) Copy letter from Hutchinson Internment Camp to Artists’ Refugee Committee, London
20 December 1940
Paul Henning Christmas card addressed to The Hospital, Hutchinson Internment Camp
1940
Collection owner: Klaus Hinrichsen Correspondence between Klaus Hinrichsen and the Society for Protection of Science and Learning
January–February 1941
Possibly W. Heydecker Poem by W. Heydecker
14 January 1941
Klaus Hinrichsen Typed proof copy of article by Klaus Hinrichsen for ‘The Camp II, Issue 5
16 March 1941
Unknown person(s) Identity badge
March 1941
Klaus Hinrichsen Article about the Cultural Department at Hutchinson Internment Camp by Klaus Hinrichsen
1 April 1941