Otto Dix - Wikipedia
WEBWilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈʔɔtoː ˈdɪks]; 2 December 1891 – 25 July 1969) [1] was a German painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of German society during the Weimar Republic and the brutality of war.
Otto Dix - 129 artworks - painting - WikiArt.org
WEBOtto Dix was a remarkable artist of the 20th century Germany. He occupied a lead position in the New Objectivity movement, turning away from the ideas of Romanticism and Expressionism toward a more acidic and non-sentimental perspective to reflect the harsh realities of the interwar German society. Though being a representative of the anti ...
Traumatized by World War I: 10 Facts & Works by Otto Dix
WEBAug 6, 2021 · In 1914, a then very patriotic 23 years old Dix, joined the military to defend his country in World War I. First, he joined as a volunteer, and he remained a machine gunner until the end of the war. Otto Dix spent over four years on the front lines, where he gathered highly intense impressions.
Otto Dix - MoMA
WEBIn his figurative work after World War I, Dix veered toward social satire, developing a grotesque, exaggerated aesthetic associated with the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement, whose artists sought to unsentimentally portray the social and political realities of the Weimar Republic.
Otto Dix. The War (Der Krieg). 1924 - MoMA
WEBIn paintings, drawings, and prints, Otto Dix portrayed the corruption and social apathy of German society after World War I with harsh, critical realism.
The War - Otto Dix - Google Arts & Culture
WEBOtto Dix explored the theme of the First World War with an intensity paralleled by few other artists; his uncompromising depictions of wounded and dead soldiers have been etched into the...
Otto Dix. Wounded Man (Autumn 1916, Bapaume) (Verwundeter …
WEBAppearing ten years after the conflict began, Otto Dix's monumental portfolio Der Krieg (The war) neither glorifies World War I nor heroizes its soldiers but shows, in fifty unrelentingly graphic images, the horrible realities experienced by someone who was there.
Dix, Otto - 1914-1918-Online
WEBIn his oeuvre, the German painter Otto Dix dealt more intensively with wartime experiences than any other artist. Hundreds of drawings and gouaches capture industrialised combat. After the Great War, he created works that are among the most important examples of …
Lost Art: Otto Dix - Tate
WEBOtto Dix willingly joined the German army at the outset of the First World War and as a machine-gunner experienced artillery bombardment and hand-to-hand fighting in the trenches.
Michael Mackenzie: Otto Dix and the First World War
WEBMay 3, 2022 · Otto Dix fought in the First World War for the better part of four years before becoming one of the most important artists of the Weimar era. Marked by the experience, he made monumental, difficult, and powerful works about it.