Editing Gustav Metzger (section)

==Early life and education==

Metzger was born to [[Polish Jewish]] parents in [[Nuremberg]], Germany, in 1926 and came to Britain in 1939<ref name="theguardian"/> as a [[refugee]] under the auspices of the [[Kindertransport|Refugee Children Movement]].<ref name="Gustav Metzger: the liquid crystal revolutionary ">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/sep/28/gustav-metzger-auto-destructive |title=Gustav Metzger: the liquid crystal revolutionary  |last=Jones |first=Jonathan  |access-date=2 March 2017 |website=The Guardian |date=28 September 2009}}</ref> He lost his Polish citizenship and was [[Stateless person|stateless]] since the late 1940s.<ref name="Gustav Metzger">{{Cite web |url=https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/11609/ |title=Gustav Metzger |website=Printed Matter}}</ref><ref name="Performing Archives/Archives of Performance">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lRWnBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA87 |title=Performing Archives/Archives of Performance |publisher=Museum Tusculanum Press |year=2013 |isbn=9788763537506 |editor1=Gunhild Borggreen |editor2=Rune Gade |edition=illustrated |page=87}}</ref> He received a grant from the UK Jewish community to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in [[Antwerp]] between 1948 and 1949.<ref name="anglia"/> It is with an experience of twentieth century society's destructive capabilities that led Metzger to a concentrated 'formulation of what destruction is and what it might be in relation to art.'<ref name="ReferenceA">Pioneers in Art and Science: Metzger (film), [[Ken McMullen (film director)]] 2004</ref>

Metzger became a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] in 1944 and remained a strong advocate of vegetarianism throughout his life.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/mar/03/gustav-metzger-obituary "Gustav Metzger obituary"]. theguardian.com. Retrieved 18 January 2023.</ref><ref name="Breitwieser">Breitwieser, Sabine. (2017).[https://www.textezurkunst.de/en/articles/gustav-metzger-web-en/ "Gustav Metzger (1926–2017) In the Words of Sabine Breitwieser]. textezurkunst.de. Retrieved 18 January 2023.</ref> He was among the first to take a stand against [[environmental pollution]] and [[nuclear proliferation]].<ref name="Breitwieser"/>