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Wounded Soldier

A harrowing portrait of human devastation by Otto Dix. One of a series of fifty ‘sketches’ on display at the Historial de la Grande Guerre in Peronne. Dix did intimate horror like none of his contemporaries.

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Back on the Western Front – with students

Day one is in the bag and it was a big one. After a few initial hiccups (tardy arrivals, issues with check-in, and one encounter with a sniffer dog) our trip across the water went well. Delta got us to … Continue reading

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