Hannah Höch

Anna Therese Johanne Höch

1889 – 1978

Berlin Dada artist

Studied at Kunstgewerbeschule•College of Arts and Crafts•National Institute of Arts and Crafts

The Ullstein Press

Common featuresMultiple layers

Multiple elementsThemes of feminism, anti-racism, anti-Weimar

Republic sentiment

Juxtaposition

One of the originators of photomontageBerlin Dadaists established photomontage as a respected art form

Untitled (1924)Private collection, courtesy the Mayor Gallery, London © DACS 2010.

“has the look of a constructivist machine age picture” –National Galleries Scotland

MonochromaticHandicraftNon-hierarchal compositionNon-objective

Schall and Rauch cabaret Associated journal cover (1920)

The Puppet Balsamine (1927)

AbstractionAbsurdity

ExaggerationTonal variation

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Freewheeling imagesContrasting colour schemeTonal variationTypography

Hypocrisy of Berlin Dadaists

Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany (1919)

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Cubist influence

“simultaneous montage”-Matthew Biro, The Dada Cyborg

Non-hierarchal organization

Contrasting colour scheme

Typographic labelling

“The first grrrl collage artist”- me