John Heartfield

John Heartfield’s life is portrayed very clearly in his artwork.  He spent a lot of his life running from a very corrupt government in Germany. His artwork shows a very strong political view on Adolf Hitler’s radical opinions.  I chose Hitler’s artwork because I believe this was a time in his life where he strengthened his hatred towards the people whom he later prosecuted.  He failed to gain admittance to the art academy with the artwork above.  He then claimed that the judges of his artwork were Jews. This shows that early on in his life he had prejudices against many people.  The artwork Heartfield created shows Hitler’s hypocrisy.  Heartfield’s artwork portrays messages against the evil person who affected so many people.  He spent most of his life arguing and campaigning against the government that came to rise in Germany.  He spoke out against his own country because of what he thought was right.  This says a lot about what kind of person he was.  Not only did Heartfield use his artwork but he also published articles and was an editor of anti-Hitler magazine.  This shows a man who used his skills to try and correct wrongs within a society. Heartfield noticed the evils and tried to correct it by spreading his knowledge of the atrocities which Hitler created within his world.  Many artists speak out about things which they personally think are wrong.  I thought it was interesting that even Hitler tried to become an artist.  It would have been interesting to see how different the world would be if he was accepted into the art academy.