Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix (December 2, 1891 – July 25, 1969) was a German printmaker and painter whose artwork was known for being filled with tormented individuals, ruthless depictions of society and the horrors of war. Dix’s work reflected life as he experienced it, raw, and at times, violent. He lived through both World War I and World War II. When the Nazi’s came to power in 1933, they dismissed him from his teaching position at the Dresden Academy, where he had worked for several years. They confiscated much of his work to display in their Degenerate Art Exhibition, which was meant to tear down the careers of artists whose work did not align with the Nazi agenda. After the war he was finally able to return to his position at Dresden. He is regarded as one of the most prominent artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit, or, New Objectivity.
Paintings by Otto Dix in Chronological Order:
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| Self-Portrait, 1912 | The Declaration of War, 1914 | The Street of Brothels, 1914 |
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| Fit for service, 1919 | Plague German, 1919 | Pragerstrasse, 1920 |
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| The Skat Players, 1920 | Mother with Child, 1921 | Portrait of Paul F. Schmidt, 1921 |
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| The Goodbye to Hamburg, 1921 | Portrait of Dr Heinrich Stadelmann, 1922 | The Family of the Painter Adalbert Trillhaase, 1923 |
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| Three Prostitutes on the Street, 1925 | Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia Von Harden, 1926 | War, 1932 |
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| Abandoned position near neuville | Apotheosis | Artwork |
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| Baby With Umbilical Cord | Battle weary troops retreating – Battle of the Somme | Buried alive |
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| Cats | Corpse of a horse | Cosi fan tutte |
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| Crater field near Dontrien lit up by flares | Dawn | Dead sentry in the trenches |
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| Dedicated to the Dramatist Frank Wedekind | Disintegrating Trench | Dying Warrior |
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| Electrical | Ellis | Family Portrait |
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| Flanders | Frau Martha Dix | Fritz Perls |
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| From the Catacombs in Palermo II | Gas Victims | Girl with Pink Rose |
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| Head of a Man (Self-Portrait) | Hugo Erfurth with Dog | Leda |
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| Longing, Self-Portrait | Lovers | Lustmurder |
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| Man and Woman (Nocturnal scene) | Martha Dix | Masks as Ruins |
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| Metropolis | Moon Woman | Mother and Eva |
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| Near Langemarck | Nelly with Toy | Newborn Baby on Hands |
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| Nocturnal Encounter with a Lunatic | Portrait of Heinrich George | Portrait of Poet Ivar von Lücken |
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| Portrait of the Lawyer Dr. Fritz Glaser | Portrait of the Lawyer Hugo Simons | Portrait of the Painter Adolf Uzarski |
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| Portrait of the Painter Franz Radziwill | Portrait of the Painter Hans Theo Richter and his wife Gisela | Pregnant Woman |
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| Prostitutes | Randegg in the snow with ravens | Relay Post |
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| Sailor and girl | Pregnant Woman | Self Portrait with Easel |
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| Self-Portrait | Self-Portrait | Self-Portrait as a prisoner of war |
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| Self-Portrait as a Target | Self-Portrait as Mars | Self-portrait with fur cap |
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| Self-portrait with Marcella | Self-Portrait with Wanderhut | Small Self-Portrait |
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| Still Life with Widow’s Veil | Stormtroops Advancing Under Gas | Street (Strasse) from the portfolio Nine Woodcuts |
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| Street Noise | The Art Dealer Alfred Flechtheim | The celebrities: constellation |
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| The Dancer Anita Berber | The God of confectioners | The Nun |
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| The Resurrection | The sailor | The War |
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| The widow | Totentanz anno 17 (Hohe Toter Mann) | Trench |
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| Trench Warfare | Trenches | Trenches |
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| Ursus With Spintop | Ursus, Sitting | Warrior with a Pipe |
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| Weimar Berlin | Wilhelm Heinrich | Working Class Boy |
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| Wounded man fleeing | Wounded Soldier |