Discover painter, draftsperson, graphic artist Otto Dix

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: Dix, Wilhelm Heinrich Otto

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, graphic artist, sculptor, manufacturer of gouaches, watercolorist, pastelist, illustrator, academy lecturer

Nationality/school: German

Born: Untermhaus 1891-12-02

Deceased: Singen 1969-07-25

This person/entity in other databases

2 hits in RKDimages as artist
64 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
1 hit in RKDlibrary as author

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Biographical information

Education: Kunstgewerbeschule (Dresden)

1909-1914
Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Dresden)

1919-1922
Staatliche Kunstakademie (Düsseldorf)

1922-1924

Active in

Dresden 1909 - 1933
with interruptions
Bohemen (hist. regio) 1912 - 1942
1912, 1940 and 1942
Moravië (hist. regio) 1912
Oostenrijk 1913
study trip
Italië 1913
study trip
Bautzen 1915
Dix served as a soldier in various places during the First World War. He made many drawings during this period.
Duitsland 1917
on the Eastern Front, First World War
Grand Est (regio) 1918
First World War
Somme (rivier) 1918
First World War
Artois (hist. regio) 1918
First World War
Vlaanderen (regio) 1918
First World War
Düsseldorf 1921 - 1925
first visit in 1921, from 1922 living in Düsseldorf
Italië 1923 - 1924
Sicilië (eiland, regio) 1923 - 1924
Berlijn 1925 - 1927
Hegau 1933
Singen 1936 - 1969
Zwitserland
Venetië 1935
Colmar 1945
prisoner of war near Colmar
Hemmenhofen 1946
return to Hemmenhofen (tent: Mühlheim am Ruhr, Kaufmann, Pankok 2008)
Berlijn 1955
Italië 1960 - 1969
made several trips to Italy in the sixties
Rome 1962
stay at the Villa Massimo, Rome
Frankrijk 1960 - 1969
made several trips to France in the sixties
Hegau
in Randegg (Hegau)

Teacher at academy/university: Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Dresden)
1927-1933
Akademie der Künste (Berlijn 1918-1926)
1955

born in

active in

died in

Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Feldbauer, Max
Guhr, Richard
Gussmann, Otto
Herberholz, Wilhelm
Nauen, Heinrich
Rade, Max
Türk, Johann Nikolaus
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Bergander, Rudolf
Bochmann, Friedrich
Fabian, Gottfried
Meier, Theo
Streit, Erika
Wiehl, Hermann
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Asmus, Dieter
Böhringer, Volker
Heisig, Bernhard
Krain, Willibald

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: genre, portrait, nude figure, landscape (genre), figure, still life, flower piece, Christian religious scene, mythology, street scene, allegory, animal painting (genre), child portrait

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: New Objectivity

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 64 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
1 hit in RKDlibrary as author

Vollmer 1953-1962 , vol. 1 (1953), p. 571-
Bénézit 1976 , vol. 3, p. 597-598
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 80
Saur 1992- , vol. 28 (2001), p. 43-50
Bénézit 1999 , vol. 4, p. 610-612

P. Hulten [e.a.], cat.tent. Futurismo & Futurismi, Venetië (Palazzo Grassi), 1986, p. 468
R. Beck, Otto Dix. Die kosmischen Bilder. Zwischen "Sehnsucht" und "Schwangeren Weib", Dresden 2003
U. Lorenz, Otto Dix - Das Werkverzeichnis der Zeichnungen und Pastelle, Weimar 2003
S. Rewald, ' ''How Can I Hurt You?'' ', Art in America (april 2004), p. 110-113
H. Dickel, 'Neue Figuration Zwanziger Jahre', Kunsthistorische Arbeitsblätter, 5/2005, p. 77-86
B. Dalbajewa, 'Otto Dix' "Bildnis Zahnarzt Dr. Frederik Gotlieb und Frau" von 1936', Dresdener Kunstblätter, 51/3 (2007), p. 197-203
A. Börner, 'Einblicke in die Maltechnik von Otto Dix', Dresdener Kunstblätter, 51/3 (2007), p. 204-215
K. Müller, O. Westheider [eds.], Geisterbahn und Glanzrevue. Otto Dix. Aquarelle und Gouachen, Hamburg 2007
tent. cat. Mühlheim am Ruhr, Kaufmann, Pankok 2008 (zie RKDlibrary)
F. Graf, 'Otto Dix im Kunstsalon Wolfsberg', Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte 70 (2013), nr. 4, p. 259-265
S. Fleischer, ' "...das ist der Krieg, alles Teufelswerk." Neues zu Otto Dix' Kriegsbiografie', Dresdener Kunstblätter 2/2014, p. 68-73
U. Baier, 'Schonungslos und brutal. Otto Dix' Triptychon ''Der Krieg'' wurde in Dresden erstmals untersucht', Restauro (juni 2014), nr. 4, p.34-39
K. Keijer, 'De wereld een narrenschip', Museumtijdschrift no. 2, March 2017, p. 62-66

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Archive location: Archief en bibliotheek Theo en Nelly van Doesburg

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Creation date: 1991-12-03; Last modified date: 2023-01-26

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