Gustav Metzger

Gustav Metzger (born 10 April 1926, Nuremberg, Germany - died 1 March 2017, London, England) was a German-born artist and political activist. In 1939, he came to Britain as a refugee under the auspices of the Refugee Children Movement and from the late 1940's until his death, he remained stateless. He was the inventor of auto-destructive art.