Born Helmut Herzfeld in the outskirts of Berlin. Changed his name in 1917 in protest at the anti-British feelings in Germany. Fleeing the Nazis in 1938 he came to England where he was interned for a time as an enemy alien after which he settled in Hampstead (at the house with the plaque). Returned to London in 1967 to prepare for a retrospective at the ICA. His best known works are political photomontages. Died in East Berlin.
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John Heartfield
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John Heartfield
John Heartfield, 1891 - 1968, master of political photomontage, lived here, 1...
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John Skinner Prout
Artist and lithographer. Born Plymouth. Elected to the Institute of Painters in Water Colour in 1838 and then, 2 years later, emigrated to Australia where he was extremely successful. Returned to ...
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Pamela Colman Smith
A British-American occultist, artist, illustrator, writer and storyteller. Most famous for the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, first published 1910, she created the standard classic deck of the English-sp...
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John Francis Sartorius
Painter specialising in sporting and hunting scenes. Born Macclesfield Street into a family of painters. His style was old-fashioned even at the time and changed little in his lifetime.
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