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  • 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.

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

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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
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.
Date
1920s–2004
Description
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.
Reference
TGA 20052

Showing 201–220 of 224 objects

Photograph of a print of ‘HUTCHINSON INTERNMENT CAMP’ by Paul Henning

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of a print of Hutchinson Internment Camp by Paul Henning

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of a print of ‘THE SQUARE’ by Paul Henning

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of a portrait of a man

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of a print by Hermann Fechenbach

Anonymous
date not known

Postcard featuring an image of ‘Portrait of Fred Uhlman’ by Kurt Schwitters

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of painting by Hugo ‘Puck’ Dachinger

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of guards and internees during roll call outside the buildings at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
October 1940

‘Papers Concerning The Treatment of German Nationals in Germany, 1938-1939’

Unknown person(s)
date not known

Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, service leaflet

Rosslyn Hill Chapel (Hampstead, UK)
July–August 1939

List of members for Artists Cafe at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Unknown person(s)
December 1940

J. Leger & Son exhibition catalogue titled ‘Exhibition of War Drawings by Clifford Hall: Bombs on Chelsea’

J. Leger & Son (London, UK)
May 1941
View by appointment

Leger Galleries private view card for ‘Exhibition of Contemporary Continental Art’

J. Leger & Son (London, UK)
July–August 1939

Leger Galleries exhibition catalogue titled ‘The London Group: Third War-Time Exhibition’

J. Leger & Son (London, UK)
October–November 1941

J. Leger & Son exhibition catalogue titled ‘Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings & Sculptures: Nudes by Contemporary Artists’

J. Leger & Son (London, UK)
January–February 1942

Whitechapel Art Gallery exhibition catalogue titled ‘Artists Aid Jewry Exhibition’

Whitechapel Gallery (London, UK)
1943

J. Leger & Son exhibition catalogue titled ‘Paintings, Water-colours & Sculptures by Contemporary Artists’

J. Leger & Son (London, UK)
1943

J. Leger & Son exhibition catalogue titled ‘Exhibition of “Nudes” By Contemporary Artists.’

J. Leger & Son (London, UK)
1943

J. Leger & Son exhibition catalogue titled ‘Exhibition of Modern Paintings’

J. Leger & Son (London, UK)
1944

Ben Uri Art Gallery exhibition catalogue titled ‘Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings by Contemporary Jewish Artist’

Ben Uri Gallery (London, UK)
1945
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