Otto’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Murder, plate two from Death and Resurrection
Otto Dix German, 1891-1969

Evening on the Wijtschaete Plain (November 1917), from War
Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) published by Verlag Karl Nierendorf/Galerie Nierendorf (German, founded 1920)

The Madam
Otto Dix German, 1891-1969

Barricade Fighters, plate three from Death and Resurrection
Otto Dix German, 1891-1969

Dead Soldier, plate five from Death and Resurrection
Otto Dix German, 1891-1969

Pimp and Whore
Otto Dix German, 1891-1969

Portrait of Mr. Bittermann
Otto Dix German, 1891-1969

North German Girl
Otto Dix German, 1891-1969

A Funeral, plate six from Death and Resurrection
Otto Dix German, 1891-1969

Night-time Encounter with a Madman, from War
Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) published by Verlag Karl Nierendorf/Galerie Nierendorf (German)

Wounded Soldier (Autumn 1916, Bapaume), from War
Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) published by Verlag Karl Nierendorf/Galerie Nierendorf (German)

Suicide, plate one from Death and Resurrection
Otto Dix German, 1891-1969

Woman Standing before a Corpse, plate four from Death and Resurrection
Otto Dix German, 1891-1969

The Mad Woman of St Marie-à-Py, from War
Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) published by Verlag Karl Nierendorf/Galerie Nierendorf (German)

Transplant, from War
Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) published by Verlag Karl Nierendorf/Galerie Nierendorf (German, founded 1920)

Old Woman
Otto Dix German, 1891–1969

Corpse Entangled in Barbed Wire (Flanders), from War
Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) published by Verlag Karl Nierendorf/Galerie Nierendorf (German)

Dugout, from War
Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) published by Verlag Karl Nierendorf/Galerie Nierendorf (German)

Skull, from War
Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) published by Verlag Karl Nierendorf/Galerie Nierendorf (German)

The Painter Otto Dix and His Wife, Martha
August Sander German, 1876–1964