Hannah Hoch, Francis Picabia, And Marcel Duchamp

“Dadaism is an artistic and literary movement that began in switzerland as a reaction to world war I and the nationalism that many thought had led war. It was influenced by other avant- garde movements- Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, and expressionism. It is an output that was widely diverse” (Jonathan Purvis,2017).The three artists i chose are Hannah Hoch, Francis Picabia, and Marcel Duchamp. I chose them because they had an interesting life. ( I just chose three randomly.)In this essay is about the lives of these important people. I will talk about their childhood and how they got into this movement.

First I would like to speak about is Hannah Hoch. Hannah Hoch’s style of working is dadaism. Hannah lived in an upper middle class family

in southeast Germany. She had started art school in 1912, applied at the School of Applied Arts in Berlin. While she was there, she studied glass designing. Hannah joined the red cross for world war I. Some time later she was really good friends with Kurt Schwitters.
In the era of 1916- 1926, Hannah worked for a magazine company. Hannah is most famous for her art work called: Dada Dolls (1916). More paintings of her are, The Heads Of State(1918-1920), and her High Finance( 1923). With her status of a high dadaism artist, she had inspired the “ New woman” era. Hannah’s movements are dada and Surrealism. She had many famous friends such as Kurt Schwitters, John Heartfield, Raoul Hausmann, George Grosz, and Johannes Baader. Historian Dawn Ades said, “ she wasn't interested in becoming a celebrity.”
Art was very important for Hannah. It helped her express herself in rough times. She had a “ developed feeling for the abstract forms.” Many of her artworks have a story behind them. “ Heads of State” is about financial problems with germany and its people.
The next artist, Francis Picabia had a hard time growing up. His mother died of tuberculosis and his father was non-helpful. However, Francis did have someone in his life that did help him, his grandfather, His grandparent pushed him to do the best in his art. He also really loved it too. Francis’s art movement was cubism and dadaism.
He was one of the principal figures of the dada movement. He had started art school in 1895, at Ecole des Arts Decoratifs. There he used water colors and paint. His style of art was Impressionism and Dadaism.
Finally, Marcel Duchamp was raised with a family of artists. He had seven siblings too. Marcel’s very first professional painting was Landscape At Blainville (1902). He had painted that when he was fifteen. Marcel had started to study art at academie Julian in 1904. Macel’s movement of artwork was Pop Art, Dadaism, surrealism, Conceptual art, and Installation art . He was friends with Andre Breton, Peggy Guggenheim, John Cage, and Clement Greenberg.
In conclusion, Hannah Hoch, Marcel Duchamp, and Francis all have had a great impact on dadaism. Hannah inspiring female artists with her work. Marcel being in almost every art movement. Francis knowing some big time people. All of them had made what art is. Instead of putting a category of what it is, they have made art an infinite category. Art is not just paint, it is whatever you can make anything out of anything. They used their opportunities to make them what they are. They did not let anything take them down, for what they are passionate about. They did not have a single artwork that does not have a story behind it. That is what they did and that is what art is. I think that of these artists used their opportunities and shaped art.