Marinus Jacob Kjeldgaard

The blind Hitler carrying the lame Stalin. When they combine they can both be on the move... Printed i Marianne on the 28th of February 1940 Marinus Jacob Kjeldgaard (4 September 1884 – 6 February 1964) was a Danish photographer and journalist active in France. Most well known by his pseudonym "Marinus," he created satirical photomontages for the French periodical Marianne (magazine: 1932-40), works similar to those of John Heartfield.

Biography He was the fifth child of a Danish master craftsman; after grade school he attended a polytechnical school. He wanted to be an artist and attended art school for several years before working with his family to create electric lighted signs for businesses. He emigrated in 1909 to Paris.

Photomontages His photomontages were inspired by classical masterpieces and by the cinema. His most important works were pacifist political montages against Hitler and Stalin. Because he created work under the pseudonym "Marinus," Kjeldgaard survived the German occupation of France without drawing suspicion that he was a political agitator.

One of his works published in J'ai Vu on October 20, 1917, showed the American ambassador to Germany and Frenchman Bolo Pasha in conversation, implicating the two in treasonous activity and collaboration with the Germans. The Museum Ludwig in Cologne held a retrospective exhibition of Marinus and Heartfield in 2008.