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Otto Dix

Painters

Otto Dix is recorded in the Getty Union List of Artist Names with the biographical note: German painter and printmaker, 1891-1969. The record places the birth in Untermhaus and the death in Singen. Getty classifies the person under these roles: painter, watercolorist, printmaker, portraitist, landscapist, sculptor, draftsman, graphic artist, manufacturer, pastelist, illustrator, lecturer. The nationality terms attached to the record are German. The record carries 6 forms of the name and the identifier 500028047. In this atlas the person is linked as the creator of Metropolis (Dix).

Facts
Classification
Gender
Male 1
Connections

Practices

Drawing, Art Forms
Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Otto Dix
Illustration, Art Forms
Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Otto Dix
Painting, Art Forms
Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Otto Dix
Printmaking, Art Forms
Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Otto Dix
Sculpture, Art Forms
Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Otto Dix

Works Created

Metropolis (Dix), Works
Source Metropolis (Dix) (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

Germany

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Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Otto DixRecord display
Quote, Record display
Dix, Wilhelm Heinrich Otto (German painter and printmaker, 1891-1969)

Originated In

Germany

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Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Otto DixBirth and Death Places
Quote, Birth and Death Places
Born: Untermhaus (Thuringia, Germany) (inhabited place)
Sources
1. Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Otto Dix
Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names
  • Record heading
    Dix, Wilhelm Heinrich Otto (German painter and printmaker, 1891-1969)
  • Gender field
    Gender: male
  • Practices: Sculpture, Roles
    sculptor
  • Practices: Drawing, Roles
    draftsman
  • Practices: Illustration, Roles
    illustrator
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Metropolis (Dix) (Wikipedia)
Works Created: Metropolis (Dix), Wikipedia intro
Quote, Works Created: Metropolis (Dix), Wikipedia intro
Metropolis (German: Großstadt) is a triptych painting by the German artist Otto Dix, executed between 1927 and 1928.
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