Quote of the day
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
Otto Dix
Born: December 2, 1891
Died: July 25, 1969 (aged 77)
Bio: Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix was a German painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of Weimar society and the brutality of war.
Known for:
- The Skat Players (1920)
- Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden (1926)
- Pragerstrasse (1920)
- War cripples
- The Goodbye to Hamburg (1921)