War (triptych)
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War (triptych) is a harrowing three-panel painting by German artist Otto Dix that depicts the brutal realities and psychological devastation of World War I.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Triptychon Der Krieg | 1 |
| War (triptych) canonical | 1 |
| War (triptych) central panel | 1 |
| War (triptych) left panel | 1 |
| War (triptych) right panel | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
ⓘ
triptych ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | major anti-war statement in 20th-century art ⓘ |
| artStyleCharacteristic |
distorted figures
ⓘ
harsh realism ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ |
| collection | Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1932 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Otto Dix ⓘ |
| depicts |
World War I
ⓘ
battlefield devastation ⓘ civilian suffering ⓘ corpses ⓘ destruction of cities ⓘ fog and smoke ⓘ no man’s land ⓘ psychological trauma of war ⓘ ruined landscape ⓘ self-portrait of Otto Dix as a soldier ⓘ skeletal remains ⓘ soldiers ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ wounded soldiers ⓘ |
| genre | war art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticForm | altarpiece-like composition ⓘ |
| hasColorPalette |
muted colors
ⓘ
reds and browns ⓘ |
| hasPart |
War (triptych)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
War (triptych) central panel
War (triptych) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
War (triptych) left panel
War (triptych) predella ⓘ War (triptych) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
War (triptych) right panel
|
| inception | 1929 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Otto Dix’s experience as a soldier in World War I ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| location | Galerie Neue Meister ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Western Front
ⓘ
surface form:
World War I Western Front
horrors of war ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
oil paint
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tempera ⓘ wood panel ⓘ |
| movement |
Expressionism
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New Objectivity ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-war
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death ⓘ memory of war ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| titleInOriginalLanguage | Der Krieg ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix
this entity surface form:
Triptychon Der Krieg
this entity surface form:
War (triptych) left panel
this entity surface form:
War (triptych) central panel
this entity surface form:
War (triptych) right panel