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Hannah Höch
 

Hannah Höch (1889 - 1978) was a German artist who mainly made collages. She is best known from the Dadaist period (1914-1920). In 1912 she enrolled in a training course for arts and crafts in Berlin-Charlottenburg, at the Städtische Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerksschule Charlottenburg, where she specialized in decorative design. After she went to Unterrichtsanstalt des Kunstgewerbemuseums Berlin, where she met the artist Raoul Hausmann.  With him she developed the technique of photomontage. Through Hausmann she became acquainted with Dadaism and the artists who were involved with it in Berlin in 1917. From 1920 she worked  in the November-Gruppe and also took part in their annual exhibition. In 1920, Höch created her most important work from the Dada period, entitled "Schnitt mit dem Küchenmesser Dada durch die letzte weimarer Bierbauchkulturepoche Deutschlands" (Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Beer Belly Culture Period of Weimar Germany). In 1924, Höch traveled to Paris for the first time. On the way back, she visited Mondrian and his group De Stijl and later she lived in The Hague until 1936, where moved to Berlin. From 1933 to 1945, during the Nazi regime, Höch's art was considered degenerate art and she was no longer allowed to exhibit. She lived in seclusion in a northern suburb of Berlin during the National Socialist period. Academy. In her later period, Höch produced more colorful works, including abstract work. However, the collage technique continued to play a role in much of her work. A retrospective of her work was shown in 1975, at the Nationalgalerie in Berlin and at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville in Paris. Höch died in Berlin. She left behind an extensive artistic oeuvre, varying in style. After her death, her estate went to the Berlinische Galerie. Since 1996, the state of Berlin has awarded the Hannah-HöchPrize, worth 15,000 euros, for an outstanding artistic lifetime achievement. On the artist's birthday, November 1st, the city of Gotha holds the Hannah Höch award ceremony every year. The event is used as an opportunity to honor the artistic work of Gotha women.

January 16th 2025

 

 
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