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True realistic pictures of the horrors of war can do more for the prevention of another conflict than a thousand peace organizations. Otto Dix had this in mind when he produced his "Der Krieg" or War Etchings, now on view in the Germanic Museum until February...
...Dix's use of grey white against black backgrounds often gives a frightening effect to his portrayals. This is especially true in "The Dance of Death," a sketch which shows men in grotesque poses caught by wire entanglements. Here this use of white brings out the details of bleached skulls and bones with all the contortions of agony...
...picture Dix put a touch of humor. Five men stand with an amazing indifference and nonchalance before a savage looking officer who has evidently done his best to call them to attention. They are of all sizes and shapes, and their ragged uniforms either hang off them limply or are far too small. But even this humor has a grim side, for the faces of the soldiers plainly show evidence of their privations and sufferings...
That all the etchings have such force and realism may be attributed to the fact that Otto Dix actually saw such scenes while serving as a German soldier in the World War and that he had the courage to reproduce exactly everything stored in his memory when he started work on them...
...picture is charged with unintentional humor. Richard Dix brings this out when that grim square jaw of his goes into action and he tells Madge Evans, blinded wife and bereaved mother, "Kiss me and tell me to go back into the tunnel." But everybody knows that the fault is in the script, and Mr. Dix, with years of variegated experience behind him, is easily the best...