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Otto Dix

Allemagne · Sur la carte · Artistes · 1891 - 1969 · 77 ans

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Otto Dix (Untermhaus, près de Gera, 2 décembre 1891 - Singen, 25 juillet 1969) est un peintre et graveur allemand associé aux mouvements de l'expressionnisme et la nouvelle objectivité, dont il est un des fondateurs.

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Otto Dix : environ 664 lectures par jour, en 62 langues.

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1969Décès25 juillet 19691964Médaille Carl von OssietzkyDistinction1959Commandeur de l'ordre du Mérite de la République fédérale d'AllemagneDistinction1920“RADIO - DADA DIX whose monumental painting 'Barricade' [now lost] created such a sensation in Dresden”Ses propres motsfrom a photo of Otto Dix c. 1920; with text written by himself with crayon on the wall behind him - in standing pose for the photographer;

1919“If I can't be famous, I want at least to be infamous.”Ses propres motsRemark of 1919, as quoted in German Expressionism 1915-1925 : The Second Generation (1988) by Stephanie Barron. p. 71

1915“War too, must be seen as a natural occurrence.”Ses propres motsWar-Diary, c. 1915-16; as cited in Art of the 20th Century, Part 1, Karl Ruhrberg, Klaus Honnef, Manfred Schneckenburger, Christiane

“Lice, rats, barbed wire, fleas, shells, bombs, caves, corpses, blood, liquor, mice, cats, gas, artillery, filth, bullets, mortars, fire, steel: that is what war is!”Ses propres motsWar Diary 1915-1916, Städtische Gallery, Albstadt, p. 25; as cited by Eva Karcher, Otto Dix, New York: Crown Publishers, 1987, p. 14

1891“I'm a man who is concerned with reality. I have to see everything. I have to plumb the depths of life. And so I go to war. That's why I volunteered [in the German army].”Ses propres motsQuote from Otto Dix, 1891-1969, p. 280; as cited in 'Portfolios', Alexander Dückers; in German Expressionist Prints and Drawings - Essays

“I had to experience how someone beside me suddenly falls over and is dead and the bullet has hit him squarely. I had to experience that quite directly. I wanted it.”Ses propres motsQuote from Otto Dix, 1891-1969, exhibition catalogue, London: Tate Gallery, 1992, pp. 17-18; cf. pp. 27-28; as cited by Roy Forward, in

Naissance2 décembre 1891

Autour d’Otto

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Médias et musique

Photos 8

Citations 4

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Otto Dix
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4 déclarations, les plus récentes d'abord

  1. Nobody wants to look at it. What is it all supposed to mean.. ..the old whores and the old, worn out women, and of life is cares?. .It doesn't make anybody happy.

    as quoted in Art of the 20th Century, Part 1, Karl Ruhrberg, Klaus Honnef, Manfred Schneckenburger, Christiane Fricke; publisher: Taschen, Ses propres mots

  2. [..it had been fun] to be able to draw in the midst of boredom and misery..

    Otto Dix quoted by Eva Karcher, in Otto Dix, New York: Crown Publishers, 1987, p. 14; as cited by Roy Forward, in 'Education resource, Ses propres mots

  3. I had the feeling that there was a dimension of reality that had not been dealt with in art: the dimension of ugliness.

    Otto Dix quoted by Eva Karcher, in Otto Dix, New York: Crown Publishers, 1987, p. 41; as cited by Roy Forward, in 'Education resource, Ses propres mots

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Distinctions

Médaille Carl von Ossietzky1964
Commandeur de l'ordre du Mérite de la République fédérale d'Allemagne1959
Prix Lichtwark

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1891 - 1969 · 77 ans

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