Richard Hülsenbeck
Germany (1892—1974)After studying medicine and psychoanalysis, Hülsenbeck’s career was interrupted by the war. He managed to settle in Zürich, where he discovered Cabaret Voltaire and became a leading figure of the Dada movement. In 1917 he returned to Berlin, where he founded the Berlin Dada group. He was editor of the Dada Almanach and wrote En Avant Dada. With the rise of National Socialism, Hülsenbeck was among the artists forced to abandon their artistic careers. In 1936 he obtained a visa for the US and practised medicine and psychoanalysis in New York, while also writing his autobiography, Memoirs of a Dada Drummer. He returned to Switzerland only in 1970.
