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Otto Dix

1891 - 1969

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Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈʔɔtoː ˈdɪks] ; 2 December 1891 – 25 July 1969) was a German painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of German society during the Weimar Republic and the brutality of war. Along with George Grosz and Max Beckmann, he is widely considered one of the most important artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Dix is the 166th most popular painter (down from 153rd in 2019), the 426th most popular biography from Germany (down from 355th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Painter.

Otto Dix is most famous for his paintings and sketches of the horrors of World War I.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Otto Dix ranks 166 out of 2,023. Before him are Pinturicchio, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Fernando Botero, Carl Larsson, Jan Matejko, and Emil Nolde. After him are Paul Delaroche, Umberto Boccioni, Jacob Jordaens, Tamara de Lempicka, Theo van Gogh, and Maurice de Vlaminck.

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Among people born in 1891, Otto Dix ranks 18. Before him are Pär Lagerkvist, John Howard Northrop, Walther Bothe, Henry Miller, Rudolf Carnap, and Helmuth Weidling. After him are Rafael Trujillo, Fritz Todt, Genrikh Yagoda, Ilya Ehrenburg, Osip Mandelstam, and Frederick Banting. Among people deceased in 1969, Otto Dix ranks 30. Before him are Morihei Ueshiba, Jack Kerouac, Robert Taylor, Vesto Slipher, Dominique Pire, and Levi Eshkol. After him are Moïse Tshombe, Arthur Friedenreich, Witold Gombrowicz, Sonja Henie, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, and Abdirashid Shermarke.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Dix ranks 426 out of 7,253. Before him are Alexander Grothendieck (1928), Karen Horney (1885), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Emil Nolde (1867), and Gerd Binnig (1947). After him are Levi Strauss (1829), Manfred Eigen (1927), Sepp Maier (1944), Ernst Abbe (1840), Otto Loewi (1873), and Otto Lilienthal (1848).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Otto Dix ranks 12. Before him are Hans Memling (1435), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Franz Marc (1880), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), and Emil Nolde (1867). After him are Anselm Kiefer (1945), Franz Stuck (1863), Gerhard Richter (1932), Hans von Aachen (1552), Hans Baldung (1484), and Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515).

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