1887-1948. German artist, a member of the
Dada movement. He moved to Norway in 1937 and
to England in 1940. From 1918 he developed a
variation on collage, using discarded rubbish
such as buttons and bus tickets to create
pictures and structures. He called these art
works Merz, and produced a magazine of the
same name from 1923. Later he created
Merzbau, extensive constructions of wood and
scrap, most of which were destroyed.