Dix, Otto
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| Birthname | Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix | ||||
| born on | 2 December 1891 at 01:30 (= 01:30 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Gera, Germany, 50n52, 12e04 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m12e04 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   09°35'  15°54 Asc. 02°11'
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Biography
German artist, a painter, graphic designer and professor. When he portrayed unflattering pictures of the Nazis with uninhibited social commentary, he was branded by the Party as a "degenerate artist." His work was deemed unacceptable during the time of the Third Reich and he was on the edge of actual danger.
He survived through WW II and became an educator. Died 25 July 1969, Singen, Germany.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Erfurth, Hugo (born 14 October 1874)
- associate relationship with Ey, Johanna (born 4 March 1864)
- associate relationship with Wollheim, Gert Heinrich (born 11 September 1894). Notes: Members of the "Young Rhineland" group
- (has as) mentor relationship with Felixmüller, Conrad (born 21 May 1897)
- (has as) mentor relationship with Grundig, Lea (born 23 March 1906)
Events
Source Notes
Steinbrecher quotes B.C.
Sy Scholfield quotes same data from him in "Otto Dix: 1891-1969" by Otto Dix, Rainer Beck and Frank Wildhirt (Museum Villa Stuck, 1985), p. 291: "Ich bin am 2. Dezember 1891, nachts um 1.30 Uhr in dem Hause neben der alten gotischen Kirche in Untermhaus geboren."
Categories
- Vocation : Art : Commercial artist (Graphic design)
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Painter)
- Vocation : Education : Teacher (Professor)
