I have been looking at alot of Otto Dix Lately because his art came around before and during WW1. He has a very unusual style which can be seen in the images below. However. Dix style potrays WW1 by showing the audience how horrific it was.
Otto Dix "was a German
artist, painter, print maker and watercolorist. His depictions of
mechanized warfare and post-war Berlin continue to shape our
impressions of the Great War and Weimar society. Along with George
Grosz, Dix was one of the more important figures in New Objectivity.
While Grosz delved into the shadows of modern society, Dix stared
into the abyss."
Modern War: "Dix was a
veteran of the First World War. He was haunted by the brutality of
mechanized warfare long after the guns fell silent. Through his art,
he returns to the desolated landscape of military trenches strewn
with mutilated bodies. The dead are distorted by decomposition. Human
characteristics are indistinguishable in gas masks and steel helmets."
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