Artist: John Heartfield (1891 - 1968)
Nationality: German
Movement: Dadaism
Media: Engraving
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Biography:
John Heartfield was a leading designer, painter, and journalist of the Dada movement in Berlin. He mostly remembered for pioneering and mastering the art of photomontage. His work is often an attack on German nationalism, militarism and Nazism, a cause that was fueled by the First World War. During this time, he anglicized his name from Helmut Herzfelde as an additional form of protest. After receiving difficulty from the Nazis because of his work, he left for London in 1938 and produced designs for Penguin Books. In 1950, Heartfield returned to Berlin and died in his native city.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Man’s Homburg, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Fur felt
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Man’s Homburg, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Fur felt
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Man’s Homburg, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Fur felt
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Man’s Homburg, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Fur felt
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Woman’s Modified Turban, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950, Silk
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Man’s Tyrolean Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Velour
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Man’s Tyrolean Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Velour
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Woman’s Modified Turban, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950, Silk
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Sketches, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , mid-20th century, Ink and watercolor on cardboard
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John Steuart Curry - John Brown 1938 Lithograph Arkansas Arts Center American
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John Singleton Copley - John Gray 1766 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - John Greene c. 1769 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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John Vanderlyn - John Sudam 1829-1830 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Wollaston - John Stevens c. 1749-1752 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. John Greene 1769 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Frazee - John Marshall 1834-35 marble Boston Athenaeum American
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John Durand - Mrs. John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Durand - John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Smibert - Mrs. John Pitts 1735 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Hoppner - John Granville 1790-95 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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John Johnston - John Peck c. 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1957, Net, cotton
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1957, Net, cotton
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Sketch Books, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , mid-20th century, Ink and watercolor on paper
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John Sartain Portrait of John A. Sutter mezzotint 1850
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Charles Willson Peale - Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr. 1790 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Woman’s Cloche, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Fur felt
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Silk organdy
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Silk organdy
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Woman’s Toque, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1960s, Nylon net
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Woman’s Toque, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1960s, Nylon net
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Woman’s Cloche, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Fur felt
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1960s, Silk, silk net
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1950, Felt
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1960s, Silk, silk net
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1950, Felt
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John Sartain John Calvin 19th century
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John Singleton Copley - Portrait of John Scollay 1764 black and white chal Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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Sketch Book, ’Fall 1938’, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1938, Ink on paper
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Satin ribbon, net
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Woman’s Cartwheel Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1955, Silk
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Woman’s Cartwheel Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1955, Silk
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Silk lace
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Silk lace
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , 1950s, Satin ribbon, net
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John R. Johnston - Mrs. John R. Johnston before 1857 salted paper print f Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John B. Neagle William Helmuth (or John Henry Helmuth) oil on canvas 1834
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John Singleton Copley - The Honorable John Erving c. 1774 oil on canvas Smith College Museum of Art American
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Portrait of a Man, Said to Be John Durham, ca. 1790 John Barry (British, active
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Artist: artist unknown Title: Tapestry Fragment of Virgin and St. John Date: about 1520 -
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Woman’s Cossack Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1965, Plush
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1952, Silk, nylon net
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Woman’s Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1952, Silk, nylon net
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Woman’s Envoy Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Monkey fur
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Woman’s Envoy Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1960, Monkey fur
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Woman’s Cossack Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1965, Plush
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Sketch Books, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , mid-20th century, Ink and watercolor on paper with fabric samples
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John Wesley Jarvis - Commodore John Rodgers c. 1814 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Colonel John Montresor c. 1771 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Woman’s Cartwheel Hat, John P. (Harberger) John (Germany, Munich, 3/14/1906 - 6/25/1993) , circa 1955, Silk

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Kettle's Yard Gallery, University of Cambridge: Avant Garde Graphics 1918-1934
This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see posters, prints, book designs and political and commercial ephemera, together with original layouts and photomontages, produced by some of the most important artists working at that time. Bringing toget...
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: New Work: Wangechi Mutu
The urgency of her work speaks to art’s most powerful function: to show us the world through the highly subjective and personal lens of the artist. Particularly interested in myths about gender and ethnicity that have long circulated in Africa and...
Haus der Kunst: GROTESQUE! 130 Years of Witty Art
GROTESQUE! 130 Years of Witty Art presents works possessing those characteristics attributed to the concept of the grotesque in Meyers Konversationslexikon (an influential encyclopaedia) in 1895: "The result of a humour which - apparently without ...

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