John Heartfield was a German visual artist who pioneered the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his most famous photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. Heartfield also created book jackets for book authors, such as Upton Sinclair, as well as stage sets for contemporary playwrights, such as Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator.
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Works in Collection
20 works
"China Blutlet" by Agnes Smedley
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1936
"Der Sumpf" by Upton Sinclair
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1922
"Drei Soldaten" by John Dos Passos
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1929
"Im Lande der Rekordzahlen" by J. Dorfmann
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
c. 1927
"Samuel, der Suchende" by Upton Sinclair
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1924
"Wie ein Mensch geboren ward" by Maxim Gorki
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1930
150 Million by Wladimir Majakowsky
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1924
Capitalism Robs You of the Last Piece of Bread (Das letzt...
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1932
Die Bücher im Malik Verlag Berlin
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
c. 1929-30
Handbill for the journal Za rubezhom (Abroad)
Varvara Stepanova
1930
Hudozhnik-Revolucioner
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1931 or later
John Heartfield und seine photographisch graphischen Arbe...
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
c. 1927
Loyalty for Loyalty / Greetings from the Führer (Treue um...
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1934
Maquette for covers of the journal Die Rote Fahne (The re...
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1928
Neuer Lehrstuhl an den deutschen Universitäten-Völkische ...
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1933
Noske schnallt den Säbel um
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1932
Posledneye otkrovenie social-democratov
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1931 or after
Prospectus for Za rubezhom (Abroad)
Varvara Stepanova
1930
The Hand Has Five Fingers (5 Finger hat die Hand)
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1928
The Hand Has Five Fingers (5 Finger hat die Hand) (Poster...
John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld)
1928