PhotoMontage

  1. photomontage is a collage constructed from photographs.
  2. Historically, the technique has been used to make political statements and gained popularity in the early 20th century (World War 1-World War 2)
  3. Artists such as Raoul Haussman , Hannah Hoch, John Heartfield employed cut-n-paste techniques as a form of propaganda…as did Soviet artists like Aleksander Rodchenko and El Lissitsky
  4. Photomontage has its roots in Dadaism…which is closely related to Surrrealism.
The Art Critic', Raoul Hausmann, 1919–20 | Tate

 Raoul Haussman 
Hannah Höch: art's original punk | Art | The Guardian
Hannah Hoch
Art and Politics: The Work of John Heartfield
John Heartfield
Alexander Rodchenko | Books (Please)! In All Branches of Knowledge (1924) |  Artsy
Aleksander Rodchenko
Suprematism, Part II: El Lissitzky – Smarthistory
El Lissitsky

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