Collage can be used in many ways. It can simply be a background texture or tone. Carefully selected newspaper cuttings can lend some extra meaning to an artwork. Cut or torn paper collage can become part of the image itself and in some cases create the whole artwork.
The pioneers of Cubism started to experiment with collage around 1912, using cut and torn paper as a background surface.
Juan Gris (1887-1927) was influenced by their work and took the process further.
Kurt was known as the 'Master of Collage'. He fled the Nazis, travelling across Norway and eventually settled in Britain. Throughout his travels he collected newspapers, bus tickets, receipts even pieces of wood that he incorporated into his paintings.
Many of John's landscape collages were made on the spot, using collage materials that he carried with him. During WWII he worked as a war artist recording buildings threatened or damaged by bombing.
The South African born artist often works on a large scale using newspaper backgrounds for his charcoal and ink drawings.
Mark is inspired by British flora and fauna, and uses collage to create texture in his illustration and print based work.
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