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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 121–140 of 224 objects

Photograph of recording equipment at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of Hutchinson Square at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of internee using recording equipment at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of Hutchinson Square at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of Hutchinson Square at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of internee using recording equipment at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of internee in front of a building at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
October 1940

Photograph of internee using recording equipment at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of sign for Technical School at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph overlooking Hutchinson Internment Camp and Douglas Bay

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of sign for Technical School at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of internee reading at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of internee beside recording equipment at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of sign within Technical School at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of internee using recording equipment at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of sign within Technical School at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of internee at a desk at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of internee using recording equipment at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of internee using recording equipment at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of small carved figure by Paul Hamann

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]
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