Bitter Witness (German Life and Civilization Series): Otto Dix and the Great War FROM THE PUBLISHER
"Bitter Witness is a study of Otto Dix's war-related art. It is the first book to place Dix's etching cycle, Der Krieg, alongside numerous paintings and drawings in the perspective of his war experience on two fronts from mid-1915 to 1918's finale. It includes a full history of the war, the Weimar Republic's socio-political upheavals, and the Nazi years, following Dix and his colleagues, including Kaethe Kollwitz, through the artistic movements and events in the first half of Germany's most turbulent century."--BOOK JACKET.
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This study of Dix's war-related art places Dix's etching cycle, , alongside numerous paintings and drawings in the perspective of his war experience on two fronts, from 1915 to 1918. McGreevy (art history and criticism, Old Dominion U.) follows Dix and his colleagues (including Kollwitz) through the war years, the Weimar Republic's socio-political upheavals, and the Nazi Regime. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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