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How One Man Fought Hitler Through Propaganda

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  • Опубліковано 30 лип 2022
  • John Heartfield, through his critical antifascist art, became one of the most wanted artists in Nazi Germany.
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  • @jojobizadTRASH
    @jojobizadTRASH 2 роки тому +833

    I feel like we take these artist's techniques for granted, considering stuff like photoshop wouldn't come in until the very late 1900s, so it's impressive to see his editing skills put to amazing work. My favorite piece has to be the spread toast piece he did, looks really well put together honestly

    • @spiralingspiral72
      @spiralingspiral72 2 роки тому +26

      more like specifically the 1990s, but I get your point

    • @Peak_Palette
      @Peak_Palette Рік тому +9

      one thing a lot of people dont realize is people back then still had tools to ake it faster and quicker. It may not of been modern technology but it was still technology of their time that made processes shorter, easier, and faster. A good example is an art tool called the Camera Ludica. They may not of had photoshop but they had things that worked just as well lol

    • @Peak_Palette
      @Peak_Palette Рік тому +1

      @@spiralingspiral72 1987 actually

    • @Peak_Palette
      @Peak_Palette Рік тому +3

      @@spiralingspiral72 crazy enough adobe illustrator existed even before photoshop lol

    • @spiralingspiral72
      @spiralingspiral72 Рік тому +2

      @@Peak_Palette I didn't know illustrator is that old. It's interesting to see how adobe made 2 really banger products (PS and illustrator), then proceed to acquire virtually everything else to stifle competition.
      Also i want a camera lucida so bad, idk why lol.

  • @yidavv
    @yidavv 2 роки тому +711

    legitimately one of the most under rated youtube channels i've come accross. i've never considred myself to be interested in art, but channels like yours have help me come to appreciate them more. thanks for all the work you put into the channel, hope to see more to come.

    • @TheCanvasArtHistory
      @TheCanvasArtHistory  2 роки тому +43

      So heartwarming! With comment like yours, you can definitely expect more to come! Thank you!!

    • @natratcritter
      @natratcritter 2 роки тому +5

      @@TheCanvasArtHistory Im a bit new to your channel but will you be covering works done by zdzisław beksiński? Theres also a video called the nightmare artist by In Praise of Shadows I recommend you watch if you have not.

    • @quaaludecowboy692
      @quaaludecowboy692 Рік тому

      Just watch out for his thinly veiled commie propaganda...

    • @Wallyworld30
      @Wallyworld30 Рік тому

      @@TheCanvasArtHistory I took Art Appreciation as an elective in College and hated it. I'm learning so much more and appreciating art thanks to your channel and other similar channels. Thanks!

  • @hawkseye17
    @hawkseye17 2 роки тому +418

    Thank you for helping me realize I love art. What you are doing is so important!

    • @jeverymoment
      @jeverymoment Рік тому +4

      At first, I misread it as "Thank you for helping me realize I don't love art". Imagine such a commentary under a detailed and competent lecture video.

  • @aviancoleslaw
    @aviancoleslaw Рік тому +55

    It's so interesting that he would change his name in protest to anti-British sentiments. I've heard of American immigrants changing their names to to avoid anti-German sentiment, so something a bit like the reverse surprised me.

  • @NemoK
    @NemoK 2 роки тому +473

    I'm glad I found this channel. Talking about art from a left-leaning lense is definitely something that fits all my niches.

    • @supremesadness999
      @supremesadness999 2 роки тому +10

      Liberal

    • @kaneqost172
      @kaneqost172 2 роки тому

      @@supremesadness999Liberals are spineless. Leftist all the way bay-bee

    • @NemoK
      @NemoK 2 роки тому +65

      @@supremesadness999 lol no I'm not a damn liberal

    • @supremesadness999
      @supremesadness999 2 роки тому +9

      @@NemoK ok liberal

    • @usermaatresetepenre9073
      @usermaatresetepenre9073 Рік тому +69

      @@supremesadness999 you don't... know anything do you

  • @Susie_Floozie
    @Susie_Floozie Рік тому +40

    Thanks for introducing me to Heartfield's work. I can't believe that somehow I've missed it all these years. The impact of his work is staggering when you realize he was going up against the most monolithic human hate machine of modern times. Damn, that's absolutely heroic.

  • @innasushko8362
    @innasushko8362 2 роки тому +74

    The way you make content - amazing! Thank you for such great topics in your videos.

  • @charlesbegley1527
    @charlesbegley1527 2 роки тому +65

    Hi! Can you pls do a video on the Australian gold rush painting 'Down On His Luck' it is my single most favourite Australian painting and its one of the most saddening paintings out there! As an Australia this will mean a lot to me and no one of UA-cam has really done a break down of it!
    Thank you!
    Regards, Charles Begley

    • @Moon-xf2cl
      @Moon-xf2cl Рік тому +1

      i like this idea as a fellow Australian myself :]

  • @arcie3716
    @arcie3716 2 роки тому +22

    The image of John Heartfield cutting the Berlin police chief image and your description is by far one of the most interesting things I heard in a while. This channel is making art more interesting for me.

  • @habition
    @habition 2 роки тому +78

    i didn't know i needed a channel in my life that delved so deeply into historical art and taught me about the important cornerstones that came from it. as a long time artist who feels like they don't know enough about art history, you're extremely good at captivating me and making it easy to want to listen and learn. really enjoying all of the content i've been coming across from your channel. i hope you grow exponentially and get the recognition you've more than earned from all of the effort you put into these videos.

  • @TheNimbrod
    @TheNimbrod Рік тому +7

    The balls to publish the art at this time. really really great

  • @joiedevivre2005
    @joiedevivre2005 Рік тому +19

    The performance art by actress Kathy Griffith, where she held up the Trump mask, simulating a severed head, reminded me of Heartfield's 1929 self portrait.

  • @chiba_disk
    @chiba_disk Рік тому +4

    I got really into poster art & wheatpasting during the anti-war protests in the mid 00s and came across Heartfield's name. I remembered looking him up after SOAD's first album. Reading about a guy who made anti-authoritarian propaganda and had to jump out of a window to get away from the cops felt relatable. The phrase "the hand has five fingers, with all five you grab the enemy" is so powerful, its a call to action that demands my participation in the struggle 100 years later. His contributions are so under-appreciated and its a shame so many people have never heard of him. Thank you for this video.

  • @abelabel3664
    @abelabel3664 Рік тому +7

    Amazing video! The amount of fascist-apologists in this comment section is astounding though...

    • @DemiLad
      @DemiLad Рік тому

      national socialism = fascism = your a commie

  • @jacobibanez7554
    @jacobibanez7554 2 роки тому +5

    Wish there were more channels like this. I've been searching for a long time. Love the content. Please keep it coming

  • @oaktreesewede5152
    @oaktreesewede5152 2 роки тому +12

    Thanks for the video!
    I’m not only learning about artists and their paintings, in some videos I can really picture myself and compare the artists thoughts and your thoughts with my own thoughts about the world and the way I see things!
    I’m exploring my self and my inner thoughts and I’m learning a great deal about myself!
    Thanks again for the video😁

  • @MalachiMunn
    @MalachiMunn 2 роки тому +11

    just got recommended to your channel today, and wow. i am so blown away, i look forward to watching your video essays for years to come! Also super excited about your artist residency project!! May it flourish in the coming months 🙏

  • @nobredalto
    @nobredalto 2 роки тому +20

    I've discovered this channel lately and it sparkled an interest in me for paintings and stuff. This one is also a necessary political video. Congrats!

  • @shovelhead56
    @shovelhead56 Рік тому +8

    Your narratives are absolutely brilliant! Have learned so much from watching your channel. Thank You for sharing your knowledge!🤙

  • @croma2068
    @croma2068 Рік тому +2

    8:33 You ignored the best part of the "Sinn des Hitlergrußes" poster. "Motto: I am supported by millions"
    This pun is genius. Millions of what? Not Germans, as Hitler would claim, but millions of Mark from the capitalists bankrolling Hitler.

  • @aeilers1
    @aeilers1 2 роки тому +6

    Interesting, thank you. Btw, Heartfield joined the KPD (Kommunstische Partei Deutschlands), not the 'KDP'.

  • @givemeyourcups9217
    @givemeyourcups9217 2 роки тому +21

    i found out about your channel literally today and i’m so happy i did. the quality and research put into your videos are incredible and i can’t wait to see the channel grow

  • @JohnShrader
    @JohnShrader Рік тому +1

    Thank you for reminding me of Heartfelt! I was randomly assigned him as a pioneer of design back in my university days and the images I studied stick with me today.

  • @taouinche
    @taouinche 2 роки тому +6

    C'est passionnant ! Depuis que je connais ta chaîne, je dévore les vidéos les unes après es autres. Merci beaucoup.

  • @puredifference827
    @puredifference827 2 роки тому +5

    Beautiful video, I love the art criticism with interspersed history

  • @altalt3667
    @altalt3667 2 роки тому +4

    This is my favourite video by you! Brilliant! ✊

  • @trojanincrypter
    @trojanincrypter 2 роки тому +2

    love your channel bro, 70k already is crazy.

  • @lilla7423
    @lilla7423 2 роки тому +6

    I feel like im learning so much from your videos. Its like a really interesting school lesson.

  • @Amused_Comfort_Inc
    @Amused_Comfort_Inc 2 роки тому +2

    Just found you on accident and I super adore this channel so far ! Getting my art nerding on, love it

  • @Steyreon
    @Steyreon Рік тому +6

    What a brave man Heartfield was! Being openly against the Nazis has been deadly for many Germans at this time.

  • @Quinto-bean
    @Quinto-bean 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing channel, can’t wait to see your UA-cam influence grow

  • @tiago_tojeira
    @tiago_tojeira 2 роки тому +3

    Just found your channel recently, I've been loving the content. Thanks for the effort and great execution

  • @crypticTV
    @crypticTV Рік тому +2

    2:27 May day communist party
    5:33 propaganda Vs propaganda
    7:22 the meaning of Geneva AIZ
    9:40 socialism Vs fascism
    11:50 Heartfield is still fighting

  • @robincrowflies
    @robincrowflies Рік тому +1

    Thank you--I did not know what Dadaism was. Great work here, by you and Heartfield. It made me wonder if Terry Gilliam was influenced by Heartfield, and it also reminded me that I created a photomontage in my early twenties, a scathing re-mix of a Virginia Slims advertisement. (You've come a long way, baby! Ha!)

  • @rileyswett5155
    @rileyswett5155 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for the amazing & informative videos, you always create informative, yet digestable and intriguing content!

  • @happyghostqueen2272
    @happyghostqueen2272 Рік тому +1

    My photography course visited an exhibition with his art last year and it was incredibly interesting! One guy even did a project on him later that year!

  • @Schooliday
    @Schooliday 2 роки тому +9

    Incredible showcase, story telling and execution of it all. I subscribed too. Hope you are doing well and are eager to make more of this great content.

  • @rhogh
    @rhogh 2 роки тому +2

    This literally is my favorite channel for art.💙

  • @VAL_N10
    @VAL_N10 Рік тому

    tysm for this perfect video!! I am currently making a school presentation for english class about him since he was such a big inspo for me and the way he made his political art really spoke to me since nobody i knew was really into it. This video helped me group my thoughts so easily!! Definitely subscribing

  • @meegel3689
    @meegel3689 2 роки тому +5

    Will you also make videos about beksinski's art? love your content

  • @ravioliiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
    @ravioliiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 2 роки тому +3

    thank you for making such interesting and instructive videos! thank god we still have some people who make those on youtube these days...

  • @youssefgamal4156
    @youssefgamal4156 2 роки тому +2

    Hey! I am loving your channel, your content is so well made. I humbly recommend the garden of earthly delights for one of your videos. It tells such a deep story.

  • @pvpranathi4431
    @pvpranathi4431 Рік тому +1

    thankyou so much for making this video...made my final project for 12th grade on it and it turned out too good.

  • @clxstrophxbic
    @clxstrophxbic 2 роки тому +1

    Man I'm so glad I found your channel

  • @luciedotzip
    @luciedotzip 2 роки тому +1

    Great video, glad to contribute

  • @Ber93Xeneize
    @Ber93Xeneize 2 роки тому +3

    This channel deserves millions of views, quality content, keep up the good work man, greetings from Argentina!

  • @duzyben3653
    @duzyben3653 2 роки тому +2

    Can you make a video about "The garden of earthly delights (hell)" painting?
    This thing is so interesting to me. I would like to know who made this creature and why.
    I would be so greatful, if you do so :))))

  • @dhiibvulk9036
    @dhiibvulk9036 Рік тому

    Amazing and very insightful!! Going to look up more of his work after this :)

  • @kranzonguam
    @kranzonguam 2 роки тому +1

    Well done!
    May we all keep fighting as long!✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

  • @lowinterrence
    @lowinterrence Рік тому +1

    Excellent and well read video as always

  • @endlessc4nuck224
    @endlessc4nuck224 Рік тому

    Never been here before but I’ll certainly be back. Fantastic presentation

  • @petrisalo6915
    @petrisalo6915 Рік тому

    Thank you for doing this work. very important. Love this channel !!!

  • @janeylane87
    @janeylane87 2 роки тому

    This is an amazing channel wow!! Thank you! Right on man! ❣️Really interested in your artist residency!

  • @EatSumMorChkin
    @EatSumMorChkin 2 роки тому

    So glad I got reccomended this channel. It's actually crazy how the photomontage of attention bombardment is just as relevant today as it was back then.

  • @das-apfel
    @das-apfel 2 роки тому +1

    I love love love your channel! Please keep the great content coming:)

  • @gardenboydon
    @gardenboydon 2 роки тому

    Thank you. I'm new to this channel and I am eager to explore your videos

  • @tmarshman1200
    @tmarshman1200 2 роки тому +1

    Love your videos! You definitely deserve more subs!

  • @mattday2656
    @mattday2656 2 роки тому +2

    I am 4 minutes in and fascinated, its like design school, but cooler.

  • @rainy4902
    @rainy4902 2 роки тому +6

    This is something I love about art. I can’t fight h!tler, I can’t stop global warming, end corruption, end world hunger, end inequality, or anything else my teachers force me to do. I’m not that strong, or smart, or anything really, but as long as I can draw, I can pretty much do anything through my art

  • @tbs4liiife
    @tbs4liiife 2 роки тому +2

    Fantastic content. 👍

  • @januar1285
    @januar1285 2 роки тому +1

    Great video! u should make one about Zdzisław Beksiński

  • @etwasneues5754
    @etwasneues5754 Рік тому +1

    In German school we do learn about some of his pictures but never about him as a person which is a shame

  • @sharonkaczorowski8690
    @sharonkaczorowski8690 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent piece!

  • @stanzadan
    @stanzadan 10 місяців тому

    Heartfiled is also one of my favourite artist, he is above art, above fight for manipulated people, above all criticism and every other "ism". So strong in his thoughts and so brave in his interpretations. Infinite glory ❤

  • @Kiro6666
    @Kiro6666 Рік тому

    I like and enjoy the information you provide of art and the artist as well thank you

  • @non_existence_
    @non_existence_ Рік тому +1

    the quality of this art is outstanding

  • @MikaelaCher
    @MikaelaCher Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much for your videos. They make me very relaxed but they also have showed me that art is still beautiful even after some trauma i got in Art School, and i really am thankful for this channel and all your work 💜

  • @Goatchild90
    @Goatchild90 Рік тому +4

    Not even a minute in and John Heartfield sounds like the coolest person to ever live

  • @thegigi4109
    @thegigi4109 Рік тому

    This artist reminded me instantly of the famous picture of Woody Guthrie in '43 -- 'this machine kills fascists' written on his guitar. It's sad, but Heartfield and Guthrie are still significant today.

  • @igorperic5232
    @igorperic5232 2 роки тому +1

    Could you make a video on complete list of drawing materials and art genres (op art, futurism, retro - there are so many interesting types of visual forms) - just a beginner who is interested in the subject 😁😁

  • @RukhsarSanjaree
    @RukhsarSanjaree Рік тому

    I'm so glad I found your channel

  • @dont-want-no-wrench
    @dont-want-no-wrench Рік тому +1

    he was hard hitting, and still worthy work today.

  • @dukeofnyc68
    @dukeofnyc68 Рік тому +1

    Ho avuto la fortuna di vedere una mostra su J. Heartfield ( Herzfelde) a Londra nei primi anni '90. Le copertine di A.I.Z. ( rivista illustrata per i lavoratori) erano/sono straordinariamente efficaci ancora oggi.

  • @hoshangshah
    @hoshangshah Рік тому

    Thank you. Keep up your good work.

  • @copka_7923
    @copka_7923 2 роки тому +2

    A great video lesson!

  • @raulsimon2218
    @raulsimon2218 2 роки тому

    Very good. Quite a discovery (the man and the channel).

  • @paulr7496
    @paulr7496 Рік тому

    I'm 4 months late to the party and haven't been thru all the comments, but I would recommend looking at the influence JH had on British artist Peter Kennard. You may not recognise the name but I'm pretty sure you'll have seen some of his work.

  • @mhiguelhorta
    @mhiguelhorta Рік тому +1

    Thanks! Good content!

  • @Flozone1
    @Flozone1 2 роки тому +3

    I feel like his artstyle was picked up by later German satiricists. Especially the Titanic. I wonder if you know about them and how much they reflect Heartfield and satire in general.

  • @superfluous9726
    @superfluous9726 2 місяці тому

    Sorry if you've stated this elsewhere, I've looked and could not find it; but what is the peice behind you in this video?

  • @Coteoki
    @Coteoki 6 місяців тому

    Is there an explanation somewhere on how he made his art?

  • @monto39
    @monto39 Рік тому +1

    It's interesting how the word 'propaganda' has a strongly negative connotation now. It doesn't appear to have been so in the past. I like how this video goes into that concept. (I also happen to be a huge lover of WWII and cold war propaganda movies - every time I watch Edge of Darkness I'm ready to pick up a rifle and join Errol Flynn in fighting the Nazis myself!).

  • @lynayaastephen1030
    @lynayaastephen1030 11 місяців тому +1

    This art is extremely inspiring as we are seeing the rise of fascism again

  • @gebr75218
    @gebr75218 2 роки тому

    congrats on 100k subs

  • @YesItsTom2U
    @YesItsTom2U Рік тому

    Very well done! Thank you for teaching me something today. 🙂

  • @visualkickz
    @visualkickz Рік тому

    I think that you should have added, that he also criticized the funding of the nsdap/hitler/nazi Party often. I feel you misrepresented the piece „millionen stehen hinter mir“, as it portrais that not millions of people were behind him, but millions of funding. This funding came mostly through German industry, but was ironically funded by US and UK involvement and business. This is also clear in his piece „wir beten an die Macht der Bomben“.
    I think heartfield was ahead of the times, and what he expressed way before the war started was neglected and kept going until the end of the war. And then it was supressed by the winning parties. Sutton wrote a book about the Financial involvements in the 70s i believe.

  • @TheWaveGoodbye-Music
    @TheWaveGoodbye-Music 2 роки тому

    Just found the channel through this video :)
    I wonder if I can use any if Heartfields work as album cover art?
    Would be great to revive some of his images in these troubling times

  • @glennlavertu3644
    @glennlavertu3644 Рік тому

    One of my favorite artists as well.

  • @Yatukih_001
    @Yatukih_001 Рік тому

    Now I finally understand the brutal truth about fascism. Thanks for your video!! Kind regards from Ásgeir in Iceland.

  • @thotparnassus2617
    @thotparnassus2617 Рік тому

    Great presentation …good luck on the residency

  • @noneofyourbizness
    @noneofyourbizness Рік тому +1

    gleaned several timely insights into fascism's love affair with capitalism.
    thanks very much

  • @lazygazzzer
    @lazygazzzer Рік тому

    I read somewhere that during the war, many of these images were printed-up as postcard sized stickers and distributed to children.... who gleefully stuck them all over the place. A bit like what happens these days with tag/stickers.

  • @sharonkaczorowski8690
    @sharonkaczorowski8690 2 роки тому +4

    I’ve always believed greed is the source of what is worst in en masse human behavior.

    • @jermanizer
      @jermanizer 2 роки тому

      no, that is an idea fed to us to make us individualize systemic issues, taking the attention away from the societal structures which work to exploit and oppress us to maintain the dominating classes
      edit: clarity

  • @3coins.
    @3coins. 2 роки тому +2

    I like the art of George Grosz. Hitler chased him for years and he finally made it to America.

  • @Bettinasisrg
    @Bettinasisrg Рік тому

    And the relevance lives on and on

  • @hoshangshah
    @hoshangshah Рік тому

    Can I make a request. Can you do a picture/video of John Berger's Art of Seeing.

  • @JudgeFredd
    @JudgeFredd 2 роки тому

    Really great informative video

  • @ajplays-gamesandmusic4568
    @ajplays-gamesandmusic4568 Рік тому +1

    I'm 5 minutes into this and just had the epiphany that, the closest thing we have to Dada in 2023... is UA-camPoops (YTP) of Ben Sha-Pino, Jordan PP Penis Son, Penis Prager etc...

  • @slotenmakerdenhaag
    @slotenmakerdenhaag Рік тому

    Excellent, completely forgot about him... thanks!

  • @hannesh1308
    @hannesh1308 Рік тому

    i love your chair. please dont change it. :)