Otto Dix is a great son of the East Thuringian city of Gera, for he was born here in 1891. His work spans from the Imperial era to the period after 1945, and he is one of the most renowned painters and graphic artists of his century. With the late Baroque Orangery, a building steeped in tradition in the heart of the city, Gera has chosen a representative venue to honor the artist. The permanent exhibition was conceived by Ulrike Lorenz, director of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. The original paintings are complemented by installations with light, films, and immersions, so that the art of the painter and graphic artist can be experienced in a variety of ways. In addition, the exhibition shows loans, for example from the Niescher Collection as well as from the Otto Dix Foundation in Vaduz, founded in 1983 by the artist's widow, Martha Dix, which strongly advocated for the now-found representative solution. (hw)
Orangerie in Gera shows permanent exhibition on Otto Dix
The new permanent exhibition of Otto Dix can be found in the Orangerie in Gera. Image: www.gera.de, David Hoffmann
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