Lot of 4 different books with design by john heartfield ps. Heartfield effectively uses a montaged image of a tsunamisize wave and a skyscraper in the form of a single photograph across the front and back covers. Book graphics heartfield pioneering graphic design and typography for authors such as upton sinclair and kurt tucholsky. John j heartfield, on the official john heartfield exhibition. Thank you for helping to increase my grandfathers recognition and renown. Heartfields book jacket design for upton sinclairs book after the great flood. Only recently has john heartfields work been studied on its own terms, as progressive graphic design. One of heartfields longest engagements entailed designing book covers for malik verlag. John heartfield book cover, 12 million black voices, 1941 see more.
John heartfield book cover dada art, graphic design collection. Soviet functionaries criticised a heartfield book cover for featuring machinery, commenting that heroic workers would have been more appropriate. The back cover of this edition and the 1924 edition is simply a photo of a klan. Now were up to 1928, in which malik verlag published three separate upton sinclair books. Londons tate modern shows photomontages of john heartfield. Heartfield s collage book dust jackets told a story from the front of the book cover to the back. Willetts book heartfield versus hitler is an absolute refutation to the many who attempted to excuse their tolerance andor support of hitlers rise to power with the disingenuous claim. With keen artistic vision, john heartfield in 1932, when this photomontage was created, could peer at the inner man hitler and see a diabolical egotist who would strip the world of its wealth and, in return, give the world false coins of lies, illusion and destruction. Cover and illustrations for kurt tucholsky, germany, germany above all. These designswhich combine a variety of images relating to the text and convey their meaning through the juxtaposition of images on the front and back covers. It was observed that many books were purchased simply because of heartfields covers, not for the book s content. Photomontages of the nazi period by john heartfield alibris. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
He took typography in a new direction by incorporating his own custom letters into his graphic designs. Ralph mcquarrie robert mcginnis john waters frank frazetta george carlin charles bukowski john heartfield cyberpunk albert robida. Essays by german art historians pachnicke and honnef discuss heartfields moral vision, montage techniques. John harris cover for icehenge by kim stanley robinson, 1998. In 1938 he reached london, where among other things he designed book covers for penguin books. Heartfield invented the concept of threedimensional wraparound book dust jackets. John heartfield biography infos for sellers and buyers. A novel from the year 2000 1925 visualizes a great wave swallowing a city. John harris, yacht paintings for royal caribbean, futuristic paintings for sf book covers, murals, landscapes for exhibition. In some instances we see censored and uncensored versions of book covers. It is simply framed at the top and bottom by a band of red, on which the authors name, the books title. John heartfield excelled in every form of artistic endeavor he attempted.
From the cover of john willetts book about john heartfield. Heartfield, whose work appeared on book jackets and. Heartfield used photomontage extensively in his innovative book dust jackets for the berlin publishing house malikverlag. John heartfield creates a new look for book covers. Apparently, im not the only one who loves using pink in. John heartfield peter pachnicke, klaus honnef, john heartfield on amazon. Nice feminist books recommended by emma watson 81 for sci fi book covers with feminist. Januar 1926 snaps off the book, great use of thin san serif with the. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. He recognized fascism early on, and at age 18, as a response to german nationalism after wwi, he changed his name from helmut herzfeld to the anglicized john heartfield. John heartfield biography john heartfield on artnet. With 289 plates 83 in color, this kinetic catalogue of a touring exhibit covers the artists political pictures, theater sets and jackets for books by upton sinclair, john dos passos and maxim gorki. John heartfield book covers is an expanding collection of the book dust covers heartfield created for his publishing house malikverlag and others.
High visibility cover for standard survey books such as rite in the rain, elan and sokkia. Time constraints ultimately precluded such a viewing, but i suggested an alternative. Cover design for upton sinclairs the jungle, by john heartfield. Heartfield book art 1928 john heartfield exhibition. Brochures heartfield s political art for the covers of brochures as a weapon against fascist dictators. Theres speculation that malikverlag sold more publications because of heartfields covers than the actual content of the books. All other translations from german provided by nancy reynolds. Photography, persuasion, and the rise of avantgarde photomontage is precisely such a book. The original maquette on one side and the corresponding aiz cover on the other. Essay by wieland herzfelde translated by eva bergoffen. One of heartfields longest engagements entailed designing book covers for malik. Many customers bought malikverlag books without intending to read them. What our book covers reveal about us eye on design.
Heartfield was the first to use photomontage to tell a story from the front cover of the book to the back cover. Elson is best known for his numerous science fiction book covers, but he worked in many genres creating hundreds of pieces over the years. Unfortunately for the world, heartfields vision hit the bullseye. Easy answers to content, navigation, and design by john heartfield and a great selection of related books, art. Rote roman serie band vii, first edition, 1922, 188 pp. Laughter is a devastating weapon david king on the famed german photomontage artist by jeff lusanne 28 december 2015 laughter is a devastating weapon tate publishing, october.
This was the standard style for many of the sinclair books. This book is an absolute mustread for anyone with an interest in john heartfield and his work. Buy photomontages of the nazi period by john heartfield online at alibris. Im john heartfields paternal grandson, john j heartfield. Photomontages of the nazi period by john heartfield. Photomontages of the nazi period, by john heartfield. John heartfield born helmut herzfeld, rotugravurer, shock animator, and inspiration for the song mittageisen by siouxsie and the bansheesliterally changed the face of political art in the twentieth century. Heartfields strikingly original book jackets, for works by such authors as upton sinclair and john dos passos, were designed for his brothers publishing firm, malikverlag. The book dust jackets told a story from the front cover to the back. Heartfield personifies germany in the cover image of the book germany. 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.
His innovative covers told a story from the front cover of the book to the back. John harris born 29 july 1948 in london, england is a british painter and illustrator, best known for working in the science fiction genre. John heartfield peter pachnicke, klaus honnef, john heartfield on. Berlin 50 watts photomontage by john heartfield, book cover, germany, 1927. A discovery of witches by deborah harkness, fallen by lauren kate, the upside of unrequited by becky albertalli, mockingjay. John heartfield june 1891 26 april is the anglicized name of the german photomontage artist helmut herzfeld.
John heartfields descendants have been equally gracious. Since many of the authors were little known or foreign, the dust cover was important in attracting attention. John heartfield is known for the work he made during the german weimar republic 19191933 and the following period of nazi rule. As heartfields images from the 1930s make clear, hitlers character and intentions were far. Londons tate modern art gallery is hosting a temporary exhibition of john heartfields political photomontages from the 1930s, drawn mainly from the collection of british photojournalist. Heartfields formative training in advertising and experiences with dada theatricality provided him with the visual tools to affect and persuade viewers to action and critical thinking. This press, run by his brother wieland herzfelde, aimed to make leftist books on social issues inexpensively available to the german public. Returning to germany in 1950, john heartfield designed stage sets, working for bertold brecht and other directors. Graphic design for book covers from 1912 until shortly before his death in 1968, john heartfield graphic design photomontage or collage for book covers pushed the envelope of publishing graphic design.
Some of his most famous photomontages were antinazi and antifascist statements. A comprehensive gallery of john heartfield political book art for malikverlag publishing. This allows to reader to view the many artistic nuances of heartfields work that are lost in the mass reproductions. Im the curator of the official john heartfield exhibition. His courageous story from german dada to graphic design genius to political collage pioneer whose art as a weapon against fascism made him number5 on the gestapos most wanted list.
His photomontages and book covers based on collages which had their origins in berlins dada scene were directed against fascism and made him. John heartfield and the dawn of photomontage retroavangarda. Part four of the heartfield covers, part two of the upton sinclair ones. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Antifascist art john heartfield s powerful antifascist art masterpieces. Art and mass media by kahn, douglas and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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