Kunstgewerbeschule
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A Kunstgewerbeschule was a type of vocational arts school that existed in German-speaking countries from the mid-19th century. The term Werkkunstschule was also used for these schools. From the 1920s and after World War II, most of them either merged into universities or closed, although some continued until the 1970s.
Kunstgewerbeschule Magdeburg building
Auditorium of the former Kunstgewerbeschule Hamburg, with the mural de:Die ewige Welle by de:Willy von Beckerath, created 1911-1918, restored 2011.
Building of the former Kunstgewerbeschule Vienna, now the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Entrance to the former Kunstgewerbeschule Erfurt, now the Art and Music building of the Education Faculty, University of Erfurt
Otto Dix
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Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix 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.
Stormtroopers Advancing Under Gas, etching and aquatint by Otto Dix, 1924
Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden, 1926, mixed media on wood, 120 x 88 cm, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou
20 Euro coin minted in 2016 to commemorate Dix's 125th birthday