Personal Info
Hans Richter
Directing
Biography
Richter's first contacts with modern art were in 1912 through the "Blaue Reiter" and in 1913 through the "Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon" gallery "Der Strum", in Berlin. In 1914 he was influenced by cubism. He contributed to the periodical Die Aktion in Berlin. His first exhibition was in Munich in 1916, and Die Aktion published as a special edition about him. In the same year he was wounded and discharged from the army and went to Zürich and joined the Dada movement.
Richter believed that the artist's duty was to be actively political, opposing war and supporting the revolution. His first abst…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
as Himself (archive footage)
A Visit To Hans Richter
as himself
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
as Self
Ich lebe in der Gegenwart - Versuch über Hans Richter
Index – Hans Richter
Dada
Germany Dada
as Himself
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
Ghosts Before Breakfast