The Drawings of Otto Dix (1891-1969), Fine Art Reproduction

The Wounded War Veteran (Kreigsverletzer), 1922

Fine Art Reproduction
Reproduction Size: 12 x 9 inches

This reproduction is a new, individually printed and proofed, superior quality, giclee* process, fine art print.
It is printed on 100% cotton rag acid-free, heavyweight fine art paper with a luxurious textured watercolor paper finish and archival pigment inks to ensure permanence.
Created for collectors, it IS NOT A POSTER or mass produced print on low quality, inexpensive paper.

Germany suffered over 2.4 million war dead with another 2 million wounded survivors including 80,000 amputees and thousands who were horribly disfigured and mutilated. Modern armaments – exploding artillery shells and shrapnel inflicted wounds on human flesh and bone never seen before on such a scale in warfare.

For the first time in history military hospitals near the front were able to save countless lives of but the lasting effects of some wounds were beyond medical science to restore. Horrible facial disfigurement was a common sight in military hospitals on both sides. The sciences of plastic surgery and facial reconstruction were still in their infancy. Germany’s 80,000 amputees had to rely on archaic artificial limbs in an age before plastics and lightweight alloys were invented.

Otto Dix (1891-1969) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of Weimer society, the brutality of war and its aftermath on the civilian population of Germany. Along with George Grosz, he is widely considered one of the most important artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit.

Dix was profoundly affected by his experiences in the Great War of 1914-18. The sights he witnessed firsthand, he would later describe in a recurring nightmare in which he crawled through destroyed houses. He represented his traumatic experiences in many subsequent works, including a portfolio of fifty etchings called Der Krieg, published in 1924.

His depictions of legless and disfigured veterans—a common sight on Berlin's streets in the 1920s—unveil the ugly side of war and illustrate their forgotten status within contemporary German society. Equally important to his milieu was his portrayals of a post war and decadent society that established his fame. His art was extremely critical of contemporary German society and often dwelled on the act of Lustmord, or sexual murder. He drew attention to the bleaker side of life, unsparingly depicting the wide spread prostitution, violence, old age and death.

Original Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper. Reproduction: Fine Art Paper, pigment colored inks
Image Size 12 x 9 inches printed on larger paper to allow ample borders for matting and framing

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