Otto Dix

Painter

Birthday December 2, 1891

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Gera, Germany

DEATH DATE Jul 25, 1969 (77)

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About

Painter and printmaker known for "Stormtroopers Advancing Under Gas" and other works that exposed the harsh realities of war. He was prominent within the Neue Sachlichkeit.

Before Fame

He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden and later served in World War I. He began painting landscapes while apprenticing with Carl Senff from 1906 to 1910.

Trivia

He was fired from his teaching position at Dresden Academy after the Nazis rose to power and condemned his artwork as degenerate.

Family Life

His father, Franz, was an iron foundry worker and his mother, Louise Dix, was a seamstress and amateur poet. He was the father of two sons--Ursus and Jan--and a daughter, Nelly.

Associated With

He was forced by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime to paint only benign landscapes; however, he continued to create allegorical works that subtly denounced Nazism.