John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld) was a German artist and a pioneer in the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his photo-montages expressed anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. "His stunning political art became famous on both sides of the Atlantic as courageous effective artistic weapons that revealed, satirized, and opposed the worldwide threat of fascism and he Nazi Party.From his early work as fledgling painter to his embrace of Dada to the anti-fascist montages that made him a Nazi target, Heartfield’s life and work was a profile in courage. This artist who openly attacked the Nazi Party while living in Berlin was five-foot-two inches tall, with red hair and blue eyes. His art was “a weapon.” Its ammunition was his imagination, scissors, glue pots, retoucher’s paint, and stacks of photographs and magazine articles. His montages conveyed moral, not literal, truths. The power of his images earned him the number five slot on the Gestapo’s Most Wanted List. (...)" more here: http://www.johnheartfield.com/John-Heartfield-Exhibition/helmut-herzfeld-john-heartfield/biography-german-artist-heartfield undefined

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