Dessin d otto dix biography
Otto dix biography 1969
Otto dix biography (1891-1969) - life of german painter.
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 s.
His works are key parts of the Neue Sachlichkeit ("New Objectivity") movement, which also attracted George Grosz and Max Beckmann in the mid s. A veteran haunted by 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.
Dessin d otto dix biography
His work became even darker and more allegorical in the early s, 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.
Accomplishments
- Otto Dix is one of modern painting's most savage satirists.
After many artists had abandoned portraiture for abstract