John Heartfield: Hurrah, die Butter ist alle!
John Heartfield was born under the name Helmut Herzfield in 1891. He later anglicized his name to John Heartfield in 1915 as a protest against Germany’s nationalistic xenophobia. From an early age, politics played a major part in Heartfield’s life, his mother being a textile worker and political activist and his father a writer for many Socialist publications. In 1899, John, his brother Wieland, and his two sisters Lotte and Hertha were abandoned by their parents because they were forced to flee Germany to avoid prosecution for their religious beliefs. Thus, the Herzfields were left to be raised by relatives and institutions. In 1908, Heartfield began his artistic studies in Munich at the Royal Bavarian Arts and Crafts School, where he would be taught and influenced by commercial designers Albert Weisberger and Ludwig Hohlwein. He continued his studies in 1913 at the Berlin Arts and Crafts School in Berlin. Heartfield fought in the German army in World War I for a year before being dis
charged due to ill health. That same year, he changed his name and began to publish and anti-war magazine called Neve Jugend (New Youth). In 1917, he joined the Communist Party of Germany due to his inspiration from the Russian Revolution of 1917. 1917 also marked the year of Heartfield’s marriage to Helene Baxter, whom he would have two children with. He later married again in 1927.
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George Grosz,
Watch Rhine”,
John Heartfield,
Lotte Hertha,
World War,
Comments Hurrah,
Helene Baxter,
Russian Revolution,
Hermann Goering,
crafts school,
arts crafts,
german citizens,
arts crafts school,
john heartfield,
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