War, 1914

ArtistOtto Dix, Gera 1891–1969 Singen

Oil on cardboard

(H x W x D)98,5 × 69 × 5 cm

Status

on display, room 019

About the work“The war was an atrocious affair, but it was nevertheless something powerful. I couldn’t miss it under any circumstances,” said Otto Dix in an interview in 1961, long after his experiences at the front. War was completed before he became a soldier – it is a vision of an explosion, presented using techniques from modern painting styles such as Cubism or Futurism. Dix shows the viewer how he had imagined war before he experienced it for himself. He would later paint and draw much more drastic images of the fallen and wounded soldiers that he had seen in reality.

AccessionAcquisition 1953

ProvenanceBis Juli 1947 im Besitz des Künstlers; spät. 19.7.1947 Kunstausstellung Kühl, Dresden, angekauft vom Künstler unter dem Titel "Geschütz"; [...]; mind. 1.12.1953 Dr. Conrad Doebbeke, Berlin; 1.12.1953 angekauft von Doebbeke

Inventory number0.1953.5035

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