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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

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 161–180 of 224 objects

Photograph of guard within the wire fence at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

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

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of guard at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of Ernst H. Blensdorf at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

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

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of Ernst H. Blensdorf carving a relief at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of blackout window carved with images of animals at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of a family scene sculpture by Ernst H. Blensdorf at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of Ernst H. Blensdorf carving a relief at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of a family scene sculpture by Ernst H. Blensdorf

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of Ernst H. Blensdorf with his relief at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
[c.1940–1]

Photograph of showers at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Major H. O. Daniel
date not known

Photograph of a portrait of a male by Mankiewicz

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of compliments to Major Daniels from F. Solomonski

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of a portrait of a male

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of a painting of Hutchinson Internment Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of a portrait of a young female by R. Hirschenhauser

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of a sculpture of the head of a young male

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of a drawing of a nude male

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of a portrait of a male

Anonymous
date not known
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