| Style | Expressionism |
| Lived | December 2, 1891 - July 25, 1969 ( 20th century ) |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Biography |
Otto Dix Biography |
| Prints |
Otto Dix prints and posters |
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| Paintings |
Some of Otto Dix' most famous paintings include 'Metropolis', 'Prague Street', 'Trench Warfare' and 'The Nun'. The First World War was a big theme in the paintings of Otto Dix, probably because he was also governed to fight with the Germans.
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| Quote | 'I'm not that obsessed with making representations of ugliness. Everything I've seen is beautiful.'
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| Interesting |
On the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 Dix volunteered for the German Army and was assigned to a field artillery regiment in Dresden. In the autumn of 1915 Dix was sent to the Western Front where he served as a non-commissioned officer with a machine-gun unit. He was at the Somme during the major allied offensive during the summer of 1916. Dix was wounded several times during the war. One one occasion he nearly died when a shrapnel splinter hit him in the neck.
In 1917 he fought on the Eastern Front and after Russia negotiated a peace with Germany, Dix returned to France where he took part in the German Spring Offensive. By the end of the war in 1918 Dix had won the Iron Cross (second class) and reached the rank of vice-sergeant-major.
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| Links |
Otto Dix.de - Website of the artist.
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