Wilhelm heinrich otto dix biography

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    Dix, Wilhelm Heinrich Otto (German painter and printmaker, 1891-1969)

    Note: Known for his scenes of war from during and after serving as a machine-gunner during World War I. His work became controversial and heavily politicized from the 1920s. He is also known for his nudes and for his portraits of Germany's literary and theatrical bohemia and its patrons. Dix was a founder-member of the Dresdner Sezession Gruppe 1919, a group of radical Expressionist and Dada artists and writers. His later work includes landscapes and paintings of biblical themes. Dix was unusual in his ability to negotiate between the regimes of West and East Germany, making yearly trips to Dresden, appointed to the academies of both West and East Berlin, and the recipient of major awards in both the Federal Republic of G

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    Otto Dix

    German painter and printmaker (1891–1969)

    For the Russian band, see Otto Dix (band).

    Otto Dix

    Otto Dix (photograph by Hugo Erfurth, c. 1933)

    Born

    Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix


    (1891-12-02)2 December 1891

    Untermhaus, Reuß-Gera, German Empire (present-day Gera, Germany)

    Died25 July 1969(1969-07-25) (aged 77)

    Singen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany

    Known forPainting, printmaking
    MovementExpressionism, New objectivity, Dada
    Spouse

    Martha Dix

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    (m. 1923)​
    Children3
    AwardsIron Cross, 2nd class
    1918

    Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix (German:[ˈvɪlhɛlmˈhaɪnʁɪçˈʔɔtoːˈdɪks]ⓘ; 2 December 1891 – 25 July 1969)[1] was a German painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of German society during the Weimar Republic and the brutality of war. Along with George Grosz and Max Beckmann, he is widely considered one of the most important artists o

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    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. His works are key parts of the Neue Sachlichkeit ("New Objectivity") movement, which also attracted George Grosz and Max Beckmann in the mid 1920s. A veteran haunted bygd his experiences of WWI, his first great subjects were crippled soldiers, but during the height of his career he also painted nudes, prostitutes, and often savagely satirical portraits of celebrities from Germany's intellectual circles. His work became even darker and more allegorical in the early 1930s, and he became a target of the Nazis. In response, he gradually moved away from social themes, turning to landscape and Christian subjects, and, after serving in the army during WWII, enjoyed some considerable acclaim in his later years.

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    • Otto Dix is one of modern painting's most savage satirists. After many artists had abandoned portraiture