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John Heartfield

1891 - 1968

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John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld; 19 June 1891 – 26 April 1968) was a German visual artist who pioneered the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his most famous photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. Heartfield also created book jackets for book authors, such as Upton Sinclair, as well as stage sets for contemporary playwrights, such as Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Heartfield is the 36th most popular artist (up from 38th in 2019), the 1,682nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,702nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, John Heartfield ranks 36 out of 125. Before him are Ai Weiwei, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bernt Notke, Barnett Newman, Méret Oppenheim, and William Wallace Denslow. After him are Ulay, André Charles Boulle, Jeff Koons, Marcel Janco, Marianne Brandt, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.

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Among people born in 1891, John Heartfield ranks 55. Before him are Cole Porter, Pier Luigi Nervi, Anton Dostler, Hu Shih, Kurt von Tippelskirch, and Jacques Lipchitz. After him are Takijirō Ōnishi, Olga Khokhlova, Moïse Kisling, Otto Rasch, Arnold Jackson, and Elvira de Hidalgo. Among people deceased in 1968, John Heartfield ranks 54. Before him are George Hackenschmidt, Hitoshi Imamura, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Tsuguharu Foujita, Fritz Bauer, and Boris Lyatoshinsky. After him are Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, Jean Hyppolite, István Dobi, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, Husband E. Kimmel, and Augustin Bea.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John Heartfield ranks 1,682 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Rattenhuber (1897), Johann Baptist von Spix (1781), Franz Danzi (1763), Lina Heydrich (1911), Saint Afra (300), and Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (1797). After him are Oliver Bierhoff (1968), Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875), Wolfram Sievers (1905), Christian Schmidt (1957), Ferdinand Hiller (1811), and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783).

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Among ARTISTS In Germany

Among artists born in Germany, John Heartfield ranks 7. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Joseph Beuys (1921), Kurt Schwitters (1887), Josef Albers (1888), Bernt Notke (1435), and Méret Oppenheim (1913). After him are Ulay (1943), Marianne Brandt (1893), Gunta Stölzl (1897), and Daniel Hopfer (1470).

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