Born in Germany in 1891, Otto Dix's very early work derived from northern Renaissance prototypes, before coming under the influence of Van Gogh and the Futurists in 1913. He enthusiastically volunteered for the German army in 1914 and continued to sketch throughout the war, though his post-war paintings were much scarred by this experience. In 1919 he helped to found the Dresden Secession, and contributed to the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) exhibition in Mannheim in 1925, along with his friend and fellow veteran George Grosz. His work was bleak, dwelling unsparingly on themes of violence and prostitution, and his apocalyptic painting The Trench travelled across the country under the sponsorship of the pacifist movement. He continued to live and work in Germany despite several brushes with the Nazi regime, eventually dying in Singen in 1969.
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