German illustrator and writer during the early 1920's.
He was particularly interested in illustrating the physical processes of the human body, depicting them as machines.
His work was created during a time which saw lots of change in both the development of new technologies and industry.
At this time, the telephone, steam engines electricity and even aeroplanes had been invented.
It was thought by many that technology could develop mankind and change the world of science and industry.
His work was inspired by the surrealists and the dadaists, exploring ideas of the human body having machine like operations. His illustrations often revealed inner workings of the human body as machinery - standing as a metaphor of the then modern industrial life,
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