He enthusiastically embraced war as an inevitable part of life and a catalyst for change. Otto dix was born in 1891 in untermhaus, thuringia, the son of an ironworker. Portrait of otto klemperer by otto dix private museum museum of modern art, new york, ny. The cycle of 50 etchings that german expressionist otto dix created in 1924 are reproduced in this volume and reflect the antimilitarism and hatred for war that dix expressed after his service in world war i. Etching from a portfolio of fifty etching, aquatint and drypoints, 1924. Dix as a degenerate artist and had him sacked from his post as an art teacher at the.
The dark world war i prints of otto dix guggenheim museum. Cette oeuvre appartient au domaine des arts du visuel, elle est realisee au xxe siecle. Dixs war prints were published in 1924, the tenth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, as an antidote to the. Here the results are depicted with raw clarity of someone who was there. Dix was born in 1891, and studied art in dresden before the first world war. Otto dix was born in 1891 in untermhausen, thuringia, the son of an. Otto dix, artist on the front line the irish times. Wilhelm heinrich otto dix was a german painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and. No other 20thcentury artist dealt as intensively or as strongly with the first world war than otto dix 18911969. Il meurt en republique federale dallemagne a singen, le 25 juillet 1969. The museum of modern art moma is a place that fuels creativity and provides inspiration.
Here a night time flare illuminates a lunar landscape. The missing first states of otto dixs circus seriesmore. The year 2014 will see the centenary of the start of the first world war. A son retour a dresde, il y etudie a lacademie des arts. Skulls wearing gas masks, roaming rats and rotting carcasses of animals and humans. On peut observer une evolution dans le temps au cours des panneaux.
May 23, 2014 the year 2014 will see the centenary of the start of the first world war. He initially trained in gera and at the dresden school of arts and crafts as a painter of wall decorations and later taught himself how to paint on canvas. Otto dix served as a machine gunner on the front lines of world war i. German soldier artist otto dix during the 1920s, focusing on how they functioned to challenge the. Histoire des arts histoire des arts troisieme troisieme. Its extraordinary art collection includes modern and contemporary art. These prints are based on otto dixs memories of the devastating. One print in the series, shock troops advance under gas, pictures soldiers as.
Like goyas account of the barbarity of napoleonic invasion and the spanish war of independence 18081814, otto dix exploited the possibility of a long sequence of images and a stark realism. Throughout the series, dix demonstrates a commanding use of print techniques with etching, dry point and aquatint. It has been described as one of the most powerful and the most unpleasant antiwar statements in modern art. Dix painted the triptych between 1929 and 1932, using it to reflect his experience of the conflict. Triptyque avec predelle, huile et tempera sur bois.
Dix sessayera au cubisme, au futurisme et plus tard au dadaisme. Dixs work is distinguished by its treatment of war subject matter, emerging in images of destruction, disfigurement, and maiming of the human body that offer an apocalyptic vision of the. Otto dix explored the theme of the first world war with an intensity paralleled by few other artists. Dix s work is distinguished by its treatment of war subject matter, emerging in images of destruction, disfigurement, and maiming of the human body that offer an apocalyptic vision of the. Many were probably struck by the appearance of the victims, darkened for lack of oxygen and the nonchallance of the medical staff who had seen it many times before. Otto dix, artist on the front line although he created some of the most powerful antiwar images ever seen, the german artist maintained an ambivalence about the conflict he volunteered for and. Years after his service, he remembered the horrors of war in a series of 50 etchings and lithographs. Otto dix pour en savoir plus, en voir plus et surtout pour voir en couleurs. Dix, an artillery gunner in the trenches at the somme and on the eastern front.
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