Kleinschmidt, Hans J.

Dates:
Active 1902
Active 1975

Biographical notes:

Kleinschmidt was a German-born psychiatrist with a deep interest in German expressionism. He was concerned with trends in art and literature from the turn of the century to the end of the Weimar Republic. He edited a book on Richard Huelsenbeck's writings, Memoirs of a Dada drummer, which appeared in 1969.

From the description of Research files, 1902-1975. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81027690

Biographical / Historical Note

Hans J. Kleinschmidt was a German-born psychiatrist with a deep interest in German expressionism. He was particularly concerned with trends in art and literature from the turn of the century to the end of the Weimar Republic. Richard Huelsenbeck asked Kleinschmidt to edit Memoirs of a Dada drummer, a book of Huelsenbeck's writings which first appeared in 1969. For research purposes, Kleinschmidt also gathered a large collection of correspondence about the German publication, Der Sturm and its founder Herwarth Walden.

From the guide to the Hans J. Kleinschmidt research files, 1902-1975, (Getty Research Institute)

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Subjects:

  • Art, Modern
  • Dadaism
  • Dadaist literature
  • Dadaist poetry

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Places:

  • Germany (as recorded)