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Otto Dix, The Skat Players (Card Playing War Invalids), 1920, Oil and collage on canvas, 43 3/10 × 34 3/10 inches (110 × 87 cm)

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The Skat Players by Otto Dix

It is one of the most famous painting of the expressionist painter Otto dix and was painted after the world war one era. New Objectivity can be visible at this painting and this art movement ended with the beginning of the Hitler regime. The painting portraits three wounded veterans playing cards around a circular table. all of the veterans have some disfigured organs and have implements to help them live.

Wounded and disfigured soldiers were pretty common on post war Germany.   The soldier on the right-hand side of the painting is wearing a jacket that was made out of the thick woven paper which was used in germany after ww1 due to the lack of supply materials. 

Otto Dix demonstrates the disgust he felt towards the effects of the war on his country. He is also fought in that war in a posetion of maschine gun fighter. after his return from the war he said that he have some nightmares about the wars crucial side.