John Heartfield is the anglicised name of the German photomontage artist Helmut Herzfeld. He chose Heartfield in 1916 to criticise the nationalism and anti-British sentiment prevalent in Germany during World War 1.
He Joined the Berlin Dada club and the communist party of Germany in 1918. He was a highly active member of the Dada movement organising the first International Dada Fair in Berlin in 1920.
After meeting Bertolt Brecht, a man who influenced Hearfield's art, he developed Photomontage into a form of political and artistic expression.
He relocated to England in 1938 after having already moved from Germany to Czechoslovakia in 1933 after the National Socialists came to power.
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