Cut And Paste – Hannah Höch’s Photomontages
Slideshow with Hannah Höch’s works of art
Hannah Höch (1889 – 1978)
was a German Dada artist. She studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Charlottenburg and at School of the Royal Museum of Applied Arts in Berlin. In 1919 she became a member of the Dada movement.
Hannah is best known for her photomontages, but she was also a painter. She was one of the pioners of the artform of photomontages/decoupages. Her works were so controversial that she had to hide them durring the World War II and in post-war Berlin she continued pursuing an international career with her photomontages until her death in 1978.
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Article about Hannah Höch by late photographer and lesbian activist Tee A. Corinne, published by GLBTQ an encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexua, transgender & queer culture.
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