Rui Borges · @Homo_viator
336 followers · 703 posts · Server mastodon.social
#SylviaVonHarden.
Because #OttoDix was born #otd 121 years ago, he who desired to sublimate her presence on a #canvas.
"'I must #paint you! I simply must!... You are representative of an entire epoch!'
He was afterwards, after traversing #WorldWarI, classified as #degenerateart by the nazis, arrested and sent to the front for plotting to kill Hitler.
And arrested again by the #Allies.
For #art.
What epoch is ours? Who represents us?
📷 August Sander
#sylviavonharden #ottodix #otd #canvas #paint #worldwari #degenerateart #allies #art #portrait #wwii #war #painting #photography
Rui Borges · @Homo_viator
529 followers · 1223 posts · Server mastodon.social#SylviaVonHarden.
Because #OttoDix was born #otd 121 years ago, he who desired to sublimate her presence on a #canvas.
"'I must #paint you! I simply must!... You are representative of an entire epoch!'
He was afterwards, after traversing #WorldWarI, classified as #degenerateart by the nazis, arrested and sent to the front for plotting to kill Hitler.
And arrested again by the #Allies.
For #art.
What epoch is ours? Who represents us?
📷 August Sander
#sylviavonharden #ottodix #otd #canvas #paint #worldwari #degenerateart #allies #art #portrait #wwii #war #painting #photography