Flatter, Joseph (1894 - 1988)
Born in Austria, Flatter studied at the Vienna Academy of Art. He moved to London in 1934, largely because of his opposition to Hitler. After the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938 Flatter began a series of anti-Nazi cartoons, designed to show what a threat he believed Hitler to be. Speaking later Flatter said “the moving force was hatred” in his decision to take up cartooning. When the Second World War began Flatter was briefly interned as an ‘enemy alien’. Once released be became an official war artist and attended the Nuremberg War Trials in this capacity. Many of his cartoons are now in the Imperial War Museum’s archives.
Cartoons for sale:
- Caricatures of famous political leaders., 1953
- £325
- 35cm x 50cm
- Unknown
- caption Displayed, 1973
- £325
- 32cm x 39cm
- Unknown
Ted Heath EEC cartoon.
- What the Ancestors would say, 1973
- £325
- 28cm x 32cm
- Unknown
Henry VIII Ted Heath cartoon.
- The Butler Boomerang - a gift that has its returns., 1952
- £285
- 44cm x 32cm
- Unknown
R A Butler cartoon.
- No Title, 1951
- £355
- 37cm x 25cm
- Unknown
- Sit-down strike over Roosevelt Monument, 1954
- £375
- 45cm x 35cm
- No Title, 1955
- £675
- 35cm x 26cm
- Unknown
- Any suggestions?, 1973
- £375
- 28cmx 33cm
- Unknown
- The election quartet – stop it, we are not supposed to play all the same tune ., 1955
- £335
- 39cm x 27cm
- Unknown
- Steps, 1968
- £335
- 43cm x 27cm
- Unknown
- The Game of Ninepins, 1976
- £325
- 45cm x 29cm
- Unknown
- Caption Displayed, 1942
- £195
- 23cm x 17cm
- Unknown
- Caption Displayed, 1944
- £185
- 34cm x 24cm
- Preliminary Drawing
- THEY CAN'T STOP DANCING TO THE FIDDLER'S TUNE, 1972
- £285
- 39cm x 25cm
- Unknown
- "IT IS WARM INSIDE EUROPE - BUT COLD OUTSIDE" ED HEATH, 1976
- £225
- 34cm x 23cm
- Unknown
- No Caption, 1943
- £195
- 24cm x 32cm
- Unknown
