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

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.

224 Objects
- Writings and Talks
  
  6 Objects
- Subject Files, A-Z
  
  218 Objects

Title: Subject Files, A-Z
Date: 1939–2004
Description: Includes correspondence and research material
Reference: TGA 20052/2

224 objects in this collection

Showing 41–60 of 218 objects

Photograph of internees in yard at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of internees in yard at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of washing hanging on the wire fencing at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of washing hanging on the wire fencing at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of Hellmuth Weissenborn working at a desk at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of internee next to washing hanging on the wire fencing at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of two men working at a desk at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of Hellmuth Weissenborn working at a desk at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of internees working at desks at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of Hellmuth Weissenborn working at a desk at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of internees at the second art exhibition at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of internees at the second exhibition at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of the second art exhibition at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of the second art exhibition at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of the second art exhibition at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of the second art exhibition at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of internees and guards alongside the wire fence surrounding Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of guards marching at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of internees and guards alongside the wire fence surrounding Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of internees and guards alongside the wire fence surrounding Hutchinson Internment Camp

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