Otto Dix

Born Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix in Untermhaus, Germany, in 1891, Dix's early exposure to art, encouraged by his cousin and primary school teacher, set him on a path to becoming an artist. He apprenticed with a painter and later studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresden, initially focusing on landscapes and portraits in a stylized realism that soon evolved into Expressionism. Dix's life and art were profoundly shaped by his experiences as a volunteer soldier in World War I,…