Otto Dix Accomplishments

World War One was a time where violence, terror, and heavy bloodshed were the only words fit enough to describe the destruction happening in those years. One German painter, Otto Dix, witnessed all of these things, first hand, during his volunteered service in the German Army from 1915 until being discharged in 1918 due to a neck injury (“Otto Dix”). From his experience in the war, watching many soldiers be physically destroyed, and others, including himself, be mentally broken down into tiny, unfixable pieces, his life was forever changed. Even after his discharge from the army, visions of the war remained heavily imprinted in his mind. Dix used his daily nightmares as inspiration to create a series of artistic works that would clearly and harshly depict the gruesome reality of the war. This horrific memo, was an important piece of knowledge, for which he believed, was something that needed to be shared so that the world could understand the nightmare it had created. The internally struggling artist even claims that he has pursued art because to him, “Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.” (“Otto Dix Quotes”)

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His message is clear. Be kind to others and treat them with dignity and respect, as conflict between people, between countries, and even between worlds, leave a scar on humanity, too deep to fade, yet seem to also be so easily forgotten. His works are a gruesome and harsh example of the damage one human can do to another. If the horrific effects of World War One being showcased in Otto Dix’s paintings aren’t enough to tell the world to stop fighting, It is difficult to find another way to plead to the world and to humanity, to stop its