Otto dix, der krieg
Otto dix art style.
Otto Dix - Artist
Works in the Collection
In 1919, Otto Dix returned to Dresden from the fronts of the First World War after four years’ military service.
Otto dix drawings
Having started his studies at the school of applied arts before the war, he continued them under Otto Gussmann at the Dresden art academy, specializing in decorative painting. Along with Düsseldorf and Berlin, Dresden would remain one of Dix’s main places of activity.
Since before the turn of the century, the city had been a center of the contemporary art scene, boasting two prominent, nationally renowned locations in Ernst Arnold’s gallery and Emil Richter's “Kunstsalon”, as well as having outstanding connections to the German art hubs of Berlin, Munich, and Düsseldorf.
The exhibitions at the gallery and “Kunstsalon” introduced the people of Dresden to Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, Expressionism, the painters of the Vienna Secession, Vincent van Gogh, Dadaists, Futurists, and Cubists as well as Pablo Picasso.