Artillery Battle (Artillerieschlacht) / Otto Dix
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1967/1.41
- Title
- Artillery Battle (Artillerieschlacht)
- Artist
- Otto Dix
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1891 - 1969
- Medium and Support
- charcoal and gouache on paper mounted on linen
- Object Creation Date
- 1917
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Expressionist
- Inscription
- Signed, l.l.: DIX
- Dimensions
- 56.67 cm x 56.2 cm x 3.81 cm (22 5/16 in. x 22 1/8 in. x 1 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- abstract
- Physical Description
- A human face in anguish, with hands raised to his cheeks, looks out from the center of a visual field full of slashing diagonals and explosive triangles of color. On the left side, smoke billows.
- Subject Matter
- Otto Dix's "Artillery Battle" is a study in the horrible experience of mechanized warfare in World War I. The painting depicts how it felt to be powerless, completely at the mercy of the mighty machines of war, like artillery.
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- armed conflicts
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- explosive weapons
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- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- world wars
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3277 x 3314
- File Size
- 519 KB
- Record
- 1967/1.41
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1967-sl-1.41/1967_1.41.stdrez.jpg
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"Artillery Battle (Artillerieschlacht); Otto Dix." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1967-sl-1.41/1967_1.41.stdrez.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
