John Heartfield
Germany (1891—1969)
After studying arts and crafts in Berlin, he began working as a commercial artist and soon after he met George Grosz, who introduced him to a new approach to art. In 1917 he joined the Berlin Club Dada. In 1920 he organised the First International Dada Fair and worked with Malik-Verlag publishing company to create the dusk jacket for books introducing photography and develop his concept of ‘photomontage’. He created The Meaning of Geneva, where capitals live, there can be no peace! With the Nazi power, Heartfield fled to the UK. After the war he returned to Berlin, where he took on a position at the Humboldt University. Here he collaborated with Bertold Brecht and only years later he was recognised by the East Germany Akademie der Künste. He continued to dedicate himself to theatre, designing costumes and stage sets.
Der Dada 3
Magazine / Letterpress / 15.9 x 23.9 cm / Berlin, 1919 (1984) / © 2020 Raoul Hausmann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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Andreas Feininger / John Heartfield / Lucia Moholy / Walter Peterhans / Franz Roh / Jan Tschichold / Umbo (Otto Umbehr) / Piet Zwart / Eugène Atget / Albert Renger-Patzsch / Max Burchartz / Hans Finsler / Arvid Gutschow / Brett Weston / Max Ernst / Florence Henri / El Lissitzky (Lazar Markovich Lissitzky) / László Moholy-Nagy / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
Foto-auge
76 Fotos der Zeit / Photographic book with letterpress cover by El Lissitzky / Heliogravure / 20.6 x 29.2 cm / Stuttgart, 1929 (1973) / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Der Dada 2
Magazine / Letterpress / 21 x 29.6 cm / Berlin, 1919 (1984) / © 2020 Raoul Hausmann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles
Book cover / 18.3 x 23.3 cm / Berlin, 1929 (1967) / © 2019 Heartfield Community of Heirs
