John Heartfield

John Heartfield was in berlin in 1891. At the age of seven he became an orphan. John heartfelt formely know as Helmut Herzfelde. He acquired his education from Munich at Kunstgewerbeschue. He became a graphic artist in Mannehim for a short period of time . When Heartfeld returned to Berlin in he was inducted to active duty in the German force. John became infuriated with the Germany's anti-british ways that he changed he changed his name to John Heartfield. As part of revolt he became a Dada  follower and joined the German Communist Party. Heartfield was known for  his photomontage collections where he composed pictures out of smaller pictures. George Grosz  another artist of the Dada movement was a major influence in throught Heartfield career. In 1933 Heartfield went in to exile in Prague years later in returned back to Germany where he designed stage set for famous director Bertold Bercht.



Self Portrait and Police Commissioner Zorgiebel-1929



This image created by John Heartfield in 1929 is titled Self Portrait and Commissioner Zorgiebel. This photo was displayed  as a political cartoon for the Worker illustrated Newspaper. Commissioner Zorgiebel supported the Nazi in Germany. The Image show Heartfield cutting the head of the commissioner with  scissor. He symbolically portrays his hate toward any one who support the Nazi and the Nazi organization itself.





And Yet It Moves - 1943

This image is titled "And yet it Moves" and it was created in 1943 by John Heartfield . This artwork refers to a time where Galileo was asked to deny his belief that he earth revolves around the sun.  Galileo Stomped his foot and stated " And Yet It Still Moves". This inspired Heartfeld to portray hitler in disproportinate monster like body on top of the world. The earth still girates despite the fact that this "Monster" has his foot on the it. Regardless of Hitlers action the world kept on spinning even with the damage Hitler caused.



A Berlin Saying- undated

This image created by John Heartfield depicts the polical  views in a satirical manner. Human ears placed next to buttocks of a human. I believe that he trying to show that the German goverment and the Nazi regimen were senseless people that did not want to comprehend the damages done others.