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Otto Dix
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Fan account of Otto Dix, a German painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of brutality of war.
1891-1969
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Tangled Barbed Wire before the Trench (Drahtverhau vor dem Kampfgraben) from The War (Der Krieg) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/87747
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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The Celebrities (Constellation) [Die Prominenten (Konstellation)] from the portfolio Nine Woodcuts (Neun Holzschnitte) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/70431
Given anonymously
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Gefunden beim Grabendurschstich (Auberive) (Discovered During Trench Break-Through [Auberive]), plate 29 from Der Krieg (The War) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/96562/
abstracted image of head, torso and arm of a dead body
December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Nude Girl with Gloves https://www.wikiart.org/en/otto-dix/nude-girl-with-gloves-1932
Nude Girl with Gloves
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Granattrichter mit Blumen (Frühling 1916) (Grenade Trench with Flowers [Spring 1916]), plate 24 from Der Krieg (The War) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/96557/
deep trench with blooming flowers around its edge; other trenches in background
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Verwundeter (Herbst 1916, Bapaume) (Wounded Man [Spring 1916, Bapaume]), plate 6 from Der Krieg (The War) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/96527/
horrified man with eyes and mouth open wide, clutching his PL shoulder; large bleeding wound in PL arm Published in Berlin in 1924 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the mobilization of German forces during the First World War (1914-18), Otto Dix's celebrated print cycle Der Krieg presents the ugly realities of modern warfare in horrific detail. The portfolio features 50 intaglio plates, whose subjects arose from Dix's own wartime experiences and memories of the ravages of combat and its aftermath. Dix had enthusiastically volunteered for service in the German army in 1915 and had fought in an artillery regiment and as a machine gunner on the Western front, including the infamous Battle of the Somme, where Allied and German forces suffered more than one million causalities. Wounded several times himself, Dix was deeply traumatized by his experiences and suffered recurring nightmares for the rest of his life. At the same time, Dix was fascinated by the experience of war, especially the psychological truths of human conflict. He explores these truths through the morbid realism of his depictions. Dix consciously modeled Der Krieg on Francisco Goya's equally famous print cycle Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), which recounted the travesties of Napoleon's invasion of Spain during the Peninsular War of 1808 to 1814. Like Goya, Dix produced his images in intaglio, a medium perfectly suited for the lush textures and meticulous detail he sought to create. As a result, despite their horrific content, the prints possess an aesthetic quality that Dix exploited through his skillful use of etching, drypoint and aquatint techniques. Dix, who in the years following the First World War became one of the preeminent proponents of the social realist movement Neue Sachlicgkeit (New Objectivity), was relentless in exposing life's absurdities and contradictions. One of the great masterpieces of twentieth century art, Der Krieg is a fundamental examination of humanity's capacity for brutality, and remains one of the most powerful anti-war statements ever made.
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Soldatengrab zwischen den Linien (Soldier's Grave between the Lines), plate 1 from Der Krieg (the War) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/96522/
abstracted image with dark cross at center; bodies and body parts; round moon (or face?) above cross
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Corpse of a horse https://www.wikiart.org/en/otto-dix/corpse-of-a-horse
Corpse of a horse
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Ration Carrying near Pilkem (Essenholer bei Pilkem) from The War (Der Krieg) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/87755
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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American Riders (Amerikanische Reitakt) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/70673
American Riders (Amerikanische Reitakt)
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Child with Doll http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78650
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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The Declaration of War https://www.wikiart.org/en/otto-dix/the-declaration-of-war
The Declaration of War
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Memory of the Halls of Mirrors in Brussels https://www.wikiart.org/en/otto-dix/memory-of-the-halls-of-mirrors-in-brussels
Memory of the Halls of Mirrors in Brussels
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Madame Leonie https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/20350/
Madame Leonie
November 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Leuchtkugel erhellt die Monacu-ferme (A Rocket Flare Lights Up the Monacu-ferme), plate 17 from Der Krieg (The War) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/96550/
dark scene with white highlights; building ruins at L; two wagon wheels; skeleton, LRC; bare tree trunks
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Woman With Plumes https://collections.artsmia.org/art/50266/
Woman With Plumes
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Abgekämpfte Truppe geht zurück (Sommeschlacht) (Exhausted Troops Fall Back [Battle of the Somme]), plate 21 from Der Krieg (The War) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/96554/
rows of bedraggled soldiers, some with bandaged limbs, walking
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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The Goodbye to Hamburg https://www.wikiart.org/en/otto-dix/the-goodbye-to-hamburg-1921
The Goodbye to Hamburg
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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The Nun https://www.wikiart.org/en/otto-dix/the-nun
The Nun
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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House Destroyed by Aerial Bombs (Tournai) [Durch Fliegerbomben zerstörtes Haus (Tournai)] from The War (Der Krieg) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/63265
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Prostitutes https://www.wikiart.org/en/otto-dix/prostitutes
Prostitutes
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Verlassene Stellung bei Neuville (Abandoned Position near Neuville), plate 11 from Der Krieg (The War) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/96544/
bodies, limbs, clothing, fences around and inside a trench
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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the seven deadly sins https://www.wikiart.org/en/otto-dix/the-seven-deadly-sins-1933
the seven deadly sins
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Wounded man fleeing https://www.wikiart.org/en/otto-dix/wounded-man-fleeing
Wounded man fleeing
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Found While Digging a Trench (Auberive) [Gefunden beim Grabendurchstich (Auberive)] from The War (Der Krieg) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/87746
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM