Initially a Cubist, the painter Hans Richter went on to become one of the founding members of the Zurich branch of the Dada art movement.  After moving to Munich in 1919 with his partner Viking Eggeling, together the artists began to explore form as rhythm in their work, initially in a series of theoretical writings and “scroll-paintings.”  Soon, perhaps inevitably, they both branched out into animated film as a means to express their ideas.

Rhythmus 21 (1921)

Rythmus 23 (1923)

Filmstudie (1926)