About this artwork
Dix's portraits emphasise the personality and the mood of the subject. In this work he exaggerates the main features of his sitter in a style that verges on caricature.
Updated before 2020
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artist:
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title:J.B. Neumann
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date created:Dated 1922
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materials:Etching and drypoint on paper (13/50)
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measurements:29.50 x 24.00 cm (paper 47.80 x 40.50 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1982
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accession number:GMA 2709
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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...