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1891 Gera-Untermhaus, Germany - 1969 Singen, Germany. Known for: Landscape, portrait, figure painting, prints, German Expressionism, Realism.
The following text was written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher in Laguna Woods, California:. Otto Dix was born in December, 1891 in Utermhaus near Gera, in eastern... Read full biography
The following text was written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher in Laguna Woods, California:. Otto Dix was born in December, 1891 in Utermhaus near Gera, in eastern Germany. After working as an apprentice to a decorative house painter in his hometown, he entered Dresden's... Read full biography
The following text was written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher in Laguna Woods, California:. Otto Dix was born in December, 1891 in Utermhaus near Gera, in eastern Germany. After working as an apprentice to a decorative house painter in his hometown, he entered Dresden's School of Applied Arts in 1910. His early work was in a colorful expressionist style. He was influenced by exhibitions of paintings by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Edvard Munch and... Read full biography
The following text was written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher in Laguna Woods, California:. Otto Dix was born in December, 1891 in Utermhaus near Gera, in eastern Germany. After working as an apprentice to a decorative house painter in his hometown, he entered Dresden's School of Applied Arts in 1910. His early work was in a colorful expressionist style. He was influenced by exhibitions of paintings by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Edvard Munch and Dresden's own "Die Brucke" (The Bridge) painters, a group of artists who produced emotionally expressive works. But the most important influence on Dix's work was that he was a machine gunner in the German Army. His wartime experiences, along with his... Read full biography
The following text was written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher in Laguna Woods, California:. Otto Dix was born in December, 1891 in Utermhaus near Gera, in eastern Germany. After working as an apprentice to a decorative house painter in his hometown, he entered Dresden's School of Applied Arts in 1910. His early work was in a colorful expressionist style. He was influenced by exhibitions of paintings by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Edvard Munch and Dresden's own "Die Brucke" (The Bridge) painters, a group of artists who produced emotionally expressive works. But the most important influence on Dix's work was that he was a machine gunner in the German Army. His wartime experiences, along with his observations of the economic and political chaos that followed the war, crystallized in a realistic, socially criti... Read full biography
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Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Art Movement
- •November Group (German)