- John Heartfield (19 June 1891, Berlin – 26 April 1968, East Berlin), Real name Helmut Herzfeld.
- Choose to change his name to criticize the nationalism and anti-british feeling on Germany during WW1
- 1918 - Joins the Berlin Dada and the Comunist party.
- 1919 - Dismissed from the party for accusation on supporting a famous strike
- 1920 - Organized the first Dada Fain in Berlin
- 1924 - Meet Brecht. Tried photomontage for the first time
- Worked with two communist publications
- 1933 - Relocated to Czechoslovakia
- 1938 - Relocates to England because of political fear
- 1954 - Returns to Germany and worked with Besson and Langhoff, famous theater directors
- 1967 - prepares a exhibition with his photomontages on Berlin, dies before finishing
- Famous work: Photomontages satirizing the Nazi propaganda to undermine their message
Most famous picture
Translation
"Hurray, the butter is gone!"
Goering said that "Iron has always made a nation strong, butter and lard have only made the people fat"
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