The Skat Players

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oil painting painting work of art

"The Skat Players" is a famous 1920 oil painting by German artist Otto Dix that grotesquely depicts disfigured World War I veterans playing cards, exemplifying his harsh critique of postwar society.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
The Skat Players canonical 2
Die Skatspieler 1
Die Skatspieler (Card-Playing War Invalids) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
artisticStyle grotesque realism ⓘ
satirical painting ⓘ
collection Alte Nationalgalerie ⓘ
surface form: Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
creator Otto Dix ⓘ
creatorNationality German ⓘ
creatorRole painter ⓘ
depicts World War I veterans ⓘ
card players ⓘ
disfigured soldiers ⓘ
grotesque imagery ⓘ
skat (card game) ⓘ
depictsTimePeriod post–World War I era ⓘ
genre New Objectivity ⓘ
hasPart beer or alcohol ⓘ
cigarettes ⓘ
facial disfigurement ⓘ
playing cards ⓘ
prosthetic limbs ⓘ
table ⓘ
hasTitle The Skat Players self-link ⓘ
historicalContext Weimar Republic ⓘ
inception 1920 ⓘ
inspiredBy World War I ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
location Neue Nationalgalerie ⓘ
mainSubject postwar society ⓘ
war cripples ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
movement Expressionism ⓘ
New Objectivity ⓘ
notableFor grotesque depiction of war veterans ⓘ
representation of disabled veterans ⓘ
social and political critique ⓘ
partOf Otto Dix’s war-related works ⓘ
theme consequences of war ⓘ
critique of militarism ⓘ
critique of postwar German society ⓘ
physical mutilation ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ
titleInOriginalLanguage The Skat Players self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Die Skatspieler
yearCompleted 1920 ⓘ

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Otto Dix → notableWork → The Skat Players ⓘ
Wilhelm Heinrich Otto → notableWork → The Skat Players ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix
this entity surface form: Die Skatspieler (Card-Playing War Invalids)
The Skat Players → titleInOriginalLanguage → The Skat Players self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Die Skatspieler
The Skat Players → hasTitle → The Skat Players self-link ⓘ