Famous Otto Dix Paintings

Otto s three children a daughter and son survived him.

Famous otto dix paintings. On july 25 1969 otto dix died because of a stroke. The glorious occasion happened to mark his 75th birthday in 1967. In this painting we see an incredibly confident young man. This triptych is immediately reminiscent of grand history paintings as well as german renaissance artist matthias gruenwald s isenheim altarpiece 1506 15.

Johann wolfgang von goethe friedrich nietzsche and the bible also influenced dix thus associations of sacrifice and apocalypse with war imagery are common in his works. Summary of otto dix otto dix has been perhaps more influential than any other german painter in shaping the popular image of the weimar republic of the 1920s. At twenty two a young albrecht dürer painted a self portrait with a thistle selbstportrait mit distel 1493 louvre he probably executed the work as a gift to his new fiancée. Otto dix portrait of otto klemperer bildnis otto klemperer 1923 otto dix paul westheim 1923 otto dix passer by schreitende 1923.

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. His works are key parts of the neue sachlichkeit new objectivity movement which also attracted george grosz and max beckmann in the mid 1920s. Otto dix was a remarkable artist of the 20th century germany. He is buried by lake constance.

He however did win the lichtwark prize in hamburg and the martin andersen nexo art prize in dresden. Andrea mantegna s dead christ 1480 is evoked in the lower panel showing the dead soldiers.