Mädchen auf Fell [Nude Girl on a Fur]
About this artwork
Dix was one of the leading artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) school in the years following the First World War. Imparting satirical commentaries on German society, he painted his subjects in unflinching detail, often altering what he saw in order to create an uneasy sense of unglamourised reality. The style and composition of this work is influenced by German Renaissance artists, such as Lucas Cranach the Elder and Albrecht Dürer. Dix also employed a similar painting technique to the Old Masters, as is notable in this work’s linearity and Dix’s use of tempera and thin glazes, which allow the underlying colours to glow through.
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title:Mädchen auf Fell [Nude Girl on a Fur]
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date created:1932
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materials:Tempera and oil on canvas mounted on wood
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measurements:98.50 x 142.80 cm; Framed: 110.50 x 155.00 x 10.40 cm
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credit line:Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Purchased 1980.
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accession number:GMA 2195
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Otto Dix
Otto Dix
The German artist, Otto Dix, began his career painting in an expressionist style. The experience of fighting in the First World War profoundly affected him and he subsequently produced controversial works depicting the horrors of trench warfare in a minutely detailed and realist style. He became...