How did WWI influence Otto Dix's art?
The Great War was a crucible that irrevocably shaped my vision. I experienced its horrors firsthand, and the sights of shattered men, the stench of death, and the sheer futility of it all burned themselves into my memory. I returned not as a propagandist or a poet, but as a chronicler of the devastation. My paintings became a testament to the physical and spiritual ruin, a way to exorcise the specter of those years.