Raoul Hausmann

Hausmann's montages were some of the most artistic of the early period of Dada, demonstrating his somewhat wild and free personality in their lack of inhibition. He was never a purist in any sense and often combined media, using paint extensively in some of his best works. But still they remained "montages" as a result of the philosophical approach that he took to the making of art.
A founding member of Berlin Dada, and one of its driving forces. He was inexhaustible in his artistic pursuits and liked to try his hand at everything. He was a photomonteur, painter, fashion designer, poet, pamphleteer, publisher, and partner of Hannah Höch. Everything he did was done with enthusiasm and an often angry gallows humour.


                              
                                         Self-portrait of the Dadasopher, collage- photomontage, 1920.