biography of John HEARTFIELD (1891-1968)

Personal data


Birth : 06/19/1891 - Berlin, Germany
Death : 04/26/1968 - Berlin, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany

Education

1907 – 1911 : Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule (Poster Design) – Munich, Germany

Professional data


Work and Life

1951:Moved back to Germany in east-Berlin
1938:Moved to London, England
1934:Moved to Tchecolosvaquia after having lost his german nationality
1918:Participated to Dada
1916:Changed his name because of Imperialist Germany Hostility
1915:Army and meet Grosz, Germany
1913:Moved to Berlin where he made contact with avant-garde circles, Germany
1912:First job in a printing works in Mannheim, Germany

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting :
Print-Multiple : Poster
Photography : Photomontage

Subject

society problems

Artistic periods

1919 : First Photomontages, Germany
1919-1921 : "Family", drawings in the manner of Grosz, Germany

Movements and styles

Dadaism

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

1974

Retrospective
ARC Animation, Recherche, Confrontation – Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris – Paris, France
1974

1969

Retrospective
ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, United Kingdom
1969

Legals