Otto Dix

Otto Dix, was a German expressionist painter born in Untermhaus, Germany. In 1914 when World War One began he signed his name in the army and fought in the battles from 1915-1918. Being highly traumatised by the experience, he began expressing it in his drawings.

This passionately drawn picture- The Wounded Solider, shows the depth of the horror screaming out of the soldier's eyes, mouth and hand gestures, leaving me, the observer lost and bewitched by the haunting reality so thoroughly expressed in this piece of work. The more you observe the fine lines, softness and sharpness of his strokes and detail, the more you fall in love with it.

Corpse in barbed wire- another print of his I adore.