Otto Dix Paintings War
Along with george grosz and max beckmann he is considered one of the most important artists of the neue sachlichkeit.
Otto dix paintings war. War cripples was later burned. Today there is a fashion in. He lived through and fought in both world wars and vividly relayed the horrors of both front line battle and post war society through his work. In the first year of war dix painted himself twice on one piece of paper.
Der krieg the series of prints otto dix published in 1924 is a terrifying vision of the apocalypse that actually happened on europe s soil 100 years ago and proves that it was only german. ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈhaɪnʁiç ˈɔto ˈdɪks. Dix was extremely affected by his war experiences and returned to them often for inspiration. What did he see.
In 1924 the german artist and war veteran otto dix looked back at the first world war on its 10th anniversary just as we are doing on its 100th. Otto dix explored the theme of. Wilhelm heinrich otto dix german. Dix studied the old masters in both their subject matter and painting methods.
The war shows men going into battle it shows the aftermath of conflict and it shows them returning from the field. Its later whereabouts are unknown. On this side he is depicted in hellish combat with red and white flashes and eyes wide open. The trench was long thought to have been destroyed too but there are indications the work survived until at least 1940.
Courtesy richard nagy ltd. The monumental triptych the war der krieg held by the galerie neue meister in dresden is one of the most eminent works of 20th century german realist painting. Dix s paintings the trench and war cripples were exhibited in the state sponsored munich 1937 exhibition of degenerate art entartete kunst. It was begun in 1929 and completed in 1932 and has been held by the galerie neue meister in dresden since 1968.
Otto dix was a german painter and printmaker best known for his unforgiving depiction of weimar society and the great war from whence it was forged. Municipal gallery stuttgart germany self portrait with a gunner s helmet. Otto dix nasturtium 1929 1930 photo. The format of the work and its composition are based on religious triptychs of the renaissance like those by matthias grünewald.
It is one of several anti war works done by dix in the 1920s inspired by his experience of trench warfare in the.