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After studying art at the Dresden Academy alongside Otto Dix and George Grosz, ( although Schwitters seems to have been unaware of their work, or indeed of contemporary Dresden artists Die Brücke ), 1909 – 14, Schwitters returned to Hanover and started his artistic career as a post-impressionist.

As the First World War progressed, however, his work became darker, gradually developing a distinctive expressionist tone.

Expressionism was a predominantly German artistic movement best exemplified by Die Brücke, and by the paintings of Emil Nolde and Ernst Kirchner in particular.