Otto Dix

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German artist human painter printmaker

Otto Dix was a German painter and printmaker renowned for his harshly realistic and often grotesque depictions of war and Weimar society, making him a central figure of 20th-century Expressionism and New Objectivity.

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instanceOf German artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath West Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1891-12-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1969-07-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Dresden Academy of Fine Arts ⓘ
Kunstgewerbeschule Dresden ⓘ
familyName Dix ⓘ
genre portrait painting ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
war art ⓘ
givenName Wilhelm Heinrich Otto ⓘ
militaryBranch German Army ⓘ
movement Expressionism ⓘ
New Objectivity ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
name Otto Dix self-link ⓘ
notableFor depictions of World War I ⓘ
grotesque and harsh realism ⓘ
portrayals of Weimar society ⓘ
notableWork Metropolis (triptych) ⓘ
Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden ⓘ
Prager Strasse ⓘ
The Skat Players ⓘ
The Trench ⓘ
War (triptych) ⓘ
War Cripples ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
participantIn World War I ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gera ⓘ
placeOfDeath Singen ⓘ
position professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts ⓘ
spouse Martha Dix NERFINISHED ⓘ
style grotesque exaggeration ⓘ
harsh realism ⓘ
subjectMatter bourgeois society ⓘ
prostitutes and nightlife ⓘ
social decay in Weimar Germany ⓘ
war injuries and veterans ⓘ
wasPersecutedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: Nazi regime
workClassifiedAs degenerate art ⓘ
yearsActive 1910s ⓘ
1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ

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