THE PEOPLE'S WORLD
By Jenny Farrell
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| Between 1929 and 1931, Dix created his main work, “The War.” |
Almost 80 years after the outbreak of World War II, it is worth remembering two German artists whose work was dedicated to the fight against fascism and war. They are the painters
Otto Dix and George Grosz, who died fifty and sixty years ago respectively this month. Between 1929 and 1931, Dix created his main work, “The War.” (See main photo, above.) It was a triptych in an old masterly painting technique and form originating in Christian art: Three painted panels attached together and more commonly used as an altarpiece depicting the crucifixion in the center panel, with associated figures or scenes in the wings. Dix’s triptych is an urgent warning of the horrors of annihilation.[
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| lack death birds fly over an icy landscape; the rising sun resembles an exploding bomb—with dark clouds of smoke and charred shocked faces in the background. |
