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- Title
Heartfield's Collaboratin.
- Authors
Roth, Nancy
- Abstract
The German photomontage artist John Heartfield, born Helmut Herzfeld in 1892, is best known for his incisive anti-Nazi work in the 1930s. Helmut was eight years old when he and his younger brother Wieland were abruptly orphaned, perhaps precipitating the very close relationship that developed between them. Wieland, a writer and publisher, tended to overshadow Helmut, an aspiring painter. The encounter with George Grosz about 1915, however, deeply affected the relationship. Neither painter (Grosz) nor writer (Wieland), 'John Heartfield' emerged as the technician, or 'joiner' (monteur). who coordinated and projected the work of all three (and eventually many more) in the media. The work of montage might be dispersed, but in print Heartfield appeared as a single, heroic Communist artist. Questions about authorship did arise after the brothers returned from wartime exile in Britain and the United States, respectively, to live in East Germany.
- Subjects
HEARTFIELD, John, 1891-1968; PHOTOMONTAGE; GROSZ, George, 1893-1959; PHOTOCOLLAGE; COMMUNISM &; art; ABSTRACT photography; AUTHORS; PAINTERS; ARTISTS
- Publication
Oxford Art Journal, 2006, Vol 29, Issue 3, p395
- ISSN
0142-6540
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/oxartj/kcl016