Dieter Roth
Dieter Roth was a Swiss artist best known for his artists books, editioned prints, sculptures, and works made of found materials, including rotting food stuffs. He was also known as Dieter Rot and Diter Rot.
He was born KarlDietrich Roth in Hannover, the first of three sons. His mother Vera was German his father KarlUlrich was a Swiss businessman. After the beginning of World War II, Roth was to spend each summer in Switzerland at the behest of the Swiss charity Pro Juventute, a group trying to protect SwissGerman children from the worst ravages of the war. By 1943 the exile had become permanent, and Roth was sent to live with a family in Zrich. This house, the home of the family of Fritz Wyss, was shared with Jewish and communist artists and actors. It was here that Roth would be encouraged to start painting and to write poetry. He wasnt to be reunited with his family, by now utterly destitute, until 1946.
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