Collage portraits Artist Examples. History Kurt Schwitters Kurt Schwitters, Das Undbild, 1919, All though the technique of combining media has been around.

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1 Collage portraits Artist Examples

2 History Kurt Schwitters Kurt Schwitters, Das Undbild, 1919, All though the technique of combining media has been around for hundreds of years. Kurt Schwitters pioneered the reemergence during early 20 th Century.

3 History Kurt Schwitters Hannah HöchHannah Höch, Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany, 1919 Hannah Hoch used a the technique ‘photomontage’ to comment on society using the tabloids and newspapers as imagery. Hannah Hoch

4 History Tom WesselmannTom Wesselmann, Still Life #20, mixed mediamixed media, collage, 1962, Tome Wesselmann used a technique called ‘Cubomania’ where you cut up an image into squares and rearrange. Tom Wesselmann

5 Technique Romare BeardenRomare Bearden, The Calabash, collage, 1970, Library of CongressLibrary of Congress Romare Bearden Romare Bearden used photographic techniques to print images onto paper and then collaged them together and sealed with a varnish.

6 Technique Nina Valkoft, Collage 'Portrait' 2000 Nina Valkoft Nina uses black and white newspaper cut into shapes to pickup on tone which forms the face. Notice there is only about 6 tones of grey.

7 Technique Derek Gores, Collage 'Portrait' Derek Gores Derek uses a similar technique but with coloured magazines. Notice how there is a limited palette.

8 Technique Contrasting Colours

9 Technique Standout backgrounds

10 Technique Stencil Over

11 Cubist Style Technique

12 Made up by smaller images Technique

13 Impressive detail Technique

14 TASK: Create a expressive collage self-portrait 1. Draw your own face, from memory, in pencil and with as much detail as possible 2. Recycle magazines to fill your self-portrait. Consider the mood of the image and how you will express that.