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What kind of artist was Otto Dix?

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Otto Dix 1891-1969, was a German painter and draftsman. He depicted the sordid world of prostitutes and swindlers with a painful precision and intensity. In 1924 he published War, a series of 50 etchings, fantastic visions executed with great clarity.

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