September 28, 2004
Otto Dix: Der Krieg
The National Gallery of Australia has just acquired a copy of Otto Dix's prints series of 50 etchings of war in WW1 called Der Krieg (The War).
During the war Dix's drawings war expressed the war that the war was a creative force. Der Krieg etchings were made after the war:
Otto Dix, Meal time in the Trenches, 1923/24
This work, which consists of 50 prints, has often been compared to Francisco de Goya's Los Desastres de la Guerra (1808-1814) for its authentic, devastating scenes of the horrifying front battles of World War I.
Otto Dix, Stormtroopers During Gas Attack, 1923/24
Der Kreig was published as five portfolios, each with 10 etchings in an edition of 70. Otto Dix mastered the technique of aquatint to depict the gruesome reality of battle, which he himself experienced during the First World War.
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