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MOMA exhibits prints:“German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse”:Otto Dix.

The New York Times reviews the show “Bleak Visions From Early-20th-Century Rebels”.A few of these artists survived the war, one of which is Otto Dix. Here is an image of Otto Dix from the Archive, whom Virginia photographed in 1947 in her visit to the Bodensee area. She also wrote about her encounter with the surviving artists in this document:http://www.fontaine.org/archive/selected-letters/bodensee-report-1947/ starting on bottom of page 13

…”At three o’clock that afternoon we called on Otto Dix. Miss Proells and Miss Rocco came with us. He, too, lived on the hill surrounding the sea and had a wonderful view of the mountains from his house. It was a big house, beautifully appointed and bespoke the comfortable success he reaped from his early work which told the story of his people, their hardships, and horror of war in particular. It was a fine home any artist would appreciate living in. And he should be credited with one difference from his contemporaries. He has tried to find new ways and is not content to repeat what he has done in the past. His color is new, his technique is new and his ideas are new; but whether this change is for the better, I will leave for the professional critics to say. I, personally, found one small still-life of sponges and mushrooms which I liked very much and wished to purchase. I had to be content, however, with a photograph of the picture which Mr. Dix gave me for consolation……” For more go the top of page 14