The term “Post-Impressionism” combines the oeuvre of many artists. Wandbilder für jeden Einrichtungsstil bei Posterlounge ✔ Verschiedene Materialien & Größen ✔ Kostenloser Hin- und Rückversand ✔ Jetzt shoppen. We love art history and. But, not only did Dix wish to show the public the true face of what had occurred, he was also keen to show that the futility of the conflict was still going on. Self-Portrait as a Target, 1915, Otto Dix. In the 1920s, Dix concentrated on revealing the hypocrisy of a society that was turning its back on what was really happening. To Otto Dix, von Lücken was a sorry figure and that's probably what drew him to the artist. Yet his own self-portraits never received such treatment. Otto Dix-When the Nazis came to power in Germany, they regarded Dix as a degenerate artist and had him sacked from his post as an art teacher at the Dresden Academy. Read cookies policy. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. ‘Self-Portrait as a Target’ was created in 1915 by Otto Dix in Expressionism style. In court, Dix said, “The idea of the painting is to depict the whole ghastly, dehumanising effect of prostitution…The way the women are portrayed is intended to be revolting: to arouse exactly the opposite feeling to lust.”, Anita Berber (1899-1929) was a dancer, writer, actress from Dresden whose exotic looks won her many admirers in the cabarets of Berlin. All are past their prime, but are dressed in finery and makeup that are an attempt to reverse the ageing process. Dix seems to be asking the question, what happens to these women as time passes? In Berlin, art, music, film, literature all reflected this desire to experience all that life could offer and nowhere was this decadence more apparent than in the nightclubs of Berlin. Sylvia’s manly haircut, use of the monocle and lack of curves created an iconic image that was replicated in the film, Cabaret in 1972. One of the most famous artists of the 20th century was Frida Kahlo. He depicted himself as an Old Master. We will treat your information with respect. The painting showed girls being examined by the client. At 22, a young Albrecht Dürer painted a self portrait with a thistle (Selbstportrait mit Distel [1493, Louvre]) He probably executed the work as a gift to his new fiancée. Sitzender Akt mit blondem Haar Seated nude with Blond Hair by Otto Dix auf artnet. You have entered the place where art history gains the voice it deserves. In his portrait of her, Dix focuses on the sinuous sexuality that exudes from this woman from her shiny red bob, down through every curve and outline of her body; the red dress quivers and slide, creating the effect of movement. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.” and he was right. The historical narrative of Modernism is overwhelmingly western. The outcasts turn away from him. The irony is that the rise of the National Socialist Party was a direct consequence of what the Weimar Republic intended, and yet, many of Dix’s paintings were deemed to be ‘degenerate’ and were shown in the infamous 1937 exhibition in Munich, and were later destroyed. At a time when photography had diminished portraiture’s importance and the genre was seen as a deeply unfashionable pursuit for so-called serious artists, he was making a living – and cementing his reputation – out of exactly that. Otto Dix, Woman on a Leopard Skin, 1927, Cornell University. Otto Dix was one such artist deemed by the Nazis to be degenerate and who suffered as a consequence of being branded in this way. German artist Otto Dix was a committed painter of portraits.