The Beautiful Girl

Hannah Hoch
1920

This artwork is an example of a collage done by cutting out pieces of magazine pictures and placing them together. Keep in mind that this was done in 1920... are the subjects we find in a magazine much different than today?

Click on Hannah Hoch above the date on this post and read the short bio about her.
  • Before you read it, what did you think this poster was about? 
  • Now that you've read more about what Hannah Hoch's life was like, does the meaning of the artwork change? Does it have more depth?
  • Imagine you live in the 1920s. What's the situation like for men? How about for women? Why was it like that? What has made it change to what we have today?