Otto Dix: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue. French Edition.

Rare French edition of the 2010 catalog. More than almost any other German painter, Otto Dix and his works have profoundly influenced the popular notion of the Weimar Republic. His paintings were among the most graphic visual representations of that period, exposing with wicked wit the instability and contradictions of the time. The particular role that Dix played as an artist in the Weimar Republic can only be understood against the backdrop of the painter's experiences during the First World War, from 1914 to 1918. The essay in the present volume by Dietrich Schubert discusses this theme using Dix's war-era self-portraits as examples. The artist's wartime experiences also shaped his shockingly brutal depictions of sexual murders and his paintings of prostitutes, the subject of another of the essays in this publication. Exhibition Itinerary: Neue Galerie New York, USA, March 18th, 2010 August 31st, 2010 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada September 20th, 2010 January 2nd, 2011