1. In the revolutionary times following WWI, artists began to see the use of montage as a truly new art form. In Berlin, a group of artists, self-named Dada, were looking for a new means of expression, one that had more meaning than abstraction but did not return to the tradition of figurative painting. Hannah Hoch, who was a prominent figure in the Dadism movement, said: “Our whole purpose was to integrate objects from the world of machines and industry into the world of art.”
2. Hannah Hoch and Raoul Hausmann were two partners that were the driving forces for the Dadism movement. They were having intimate relationships as well. Hausmann claimed to have invented the word “photomontage”. Hoch’s early works at the collaborative Dada style stand out from all the others as the workings of a very talented artist. John Heartfield was a very single-minded person with an extreme devotion to the anti-Nazi political activism. He was a part of the Berlin group and his early montages resembled the work of all other Dadaists.
3. The style of the Dadaists was wildly anarchic, using many elements, some of which included photos of the Dada artists, usually beside random newspaper clippings. This form of art was so unique simply for the reason that it had never been done before. It was so fresh, so new, and the people embraced it with a burning passion.
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