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John Heartfield

(Berlin, Germany, 1891 - 1968, East Berlin, Germany)

Hitlers Programm (Hitler's Program)

1933

Photogravure

14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (37.6 x 26.2 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Gift of Roger R. Smith

1991.36

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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Hitler’s economic recovery program included compulsory manual labor for all males and massive public and private construction projects to provide relief from rampant unemployment. Heartfield mocks Hitler’s background as both a house and fine art painter by using the word anschmieren, which means both to daub (apply paint crudely) and to swindle.

Keywords
Photogravure
World War II
Politics
Commercial Art
Germany
Photomontage
Propaganda