Wednesday, May 14, 2014

German War Art

This article about German artists during WW1 is astonishing:

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/14/first-world-war-german-art-otto-dix

I suppose we all know about the war poets, and to a lesser extent the British war artists, but it's salutary to be reminded that the horror of war was a universal experience.

It's also ironic to notice that the Nazis condemned such art as degenerate before plunging the world into a war that was even more barbaric.

 

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