Untitled
1926
oil
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1926
oil
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1926 oil by Otto Dix, depicting physician, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a man in a sharp suit, his face half-lit like a stage actor. His eyes are hollow, his skin looks stretched too tight. The background is flat and dark, so he pops out like a cut-out. Dix painted this in Berlin right after World War I. He’d fought in the trenches, and his portraits often show people who look worn down or even broken. This man seems successful, but his face tells a different story. If you like how Dix paints light and shadow, look up *chiaroscuro*.
