Hausmann, Raoul#
b. Vienna, July 12, 1886, d. Limoges (France), Feb. 1, 1971, significant Dadaist artist and photographer. In 1900 moved to Berlin, and studied painting and sculpture, from 1905 had contact with J. Bader who later became a Dadaist. Influenced by Futurist paintings; he contributed to expressionist magazines (incl. "Der Sturm", "Die Aktion"). Contact with the Dada-Group in Zurich, 1919/20 ed. of the magazine "Der Dada" in Berlin. Experimented with photography, friendship with K. Schwitters. From 1933 lived in France and Spain.
Literature#
A. Haus, R. H., Kamerafotografien 1927-1957, 1979; R. H., Texte bis 1933, ed. by M. Erlhoff, 2 vols., 1982; H. Amanshauser and M. Faber, Gegen den kalten Blick der Welt - R. H. - Fotografien 1927-1933, 1986; A. Koch, Ich bin immerhin der groesste Experimentator Oe. - R. H. und die oe. "Neodadaisten", doctoral thesis, Graz 1993; R. H., exhibition catalogue, Berlin 1994; K. Bartsch (ed.), R. H., 1996; C. Frenkel, R. H. Kuenstler, Forscher, Philosoph, 1996; E. Zuechner (ed.), Scharfrichter der buergerlichen Seele. R. H. in Berlin 1900-1933, 1998.