Hans Richter
Germany (1888—1976)Born into a wealthy family in Berlin, Richter studied art in Berlin, Weimar and Paris, where he developed friendships with artists including Kirchner, Kandinsky and Pfemfert. In 1916 he moved to Zurich, where he encountered the Dada movement and became involved with its leading figures, including Tzara, van Doesburg and Emmy Hennings. In 1919 he co-founded the Artistes Radicaux. Two years later he created the abstract film Rhythmus 21 and, together with Werner Graeff, edited the magazine G: Material zur elementaren Gestaltung, with Mies van der Rohe among its contributors. He later moved to New York and taught at the Institute of Film Technique at City College. There he made Dreams That Money Can Buy and collaborated on 8×8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements, followed by Dadascope. He also wrote Dada: Kunst und Antikunst.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / Theo Van Doesburg / Tristan Tzara / Ernst Ludwig Kirchner / Wassily Kandinsky
