Museum Haus Dix, Artist museum in Gaienhofen, Germany.
Museum Haus Dix is the former home of painter Otto Dix in Gaienhofen, filled with original furnishings and artworks from different periods of his career. The rooms contain period furniture and personal items that create a genuine picture of how this artist lived and worked.
After losing his chair at the Dresden Art Academy in 1933, Otto Dix lived with his family at Randegg Castle until 1936. That year they moved into this house, built on a hill above the Untersee with an inheritance of his wife Martha and designed by Dresden architect Arnulf Schelcher. Dix worked here until his death in 1969, turning increasingly to Lake Constance landscapes. Martha Dix lived here until 1979.
The rooms show how an artist and his family lived day to day, with furnishings and personal objects still arranged as they left them. The spaces reflect the creative environment where this painter spent his most productive years.
The cellar with its carnival paintings from 1966 can only be seen on guided tours, and a media guide leads visitors through the rooms with information on the artworks and the family's daily life. The house stands on a hill above the Untersee opposite the Swiss shore, and an eight-hectare garden with terraces and a museum café adjoin it.
The cellar walls were painted by Otto Dix and some of his guests during a carnival celebration in 1966. The cellar can be seen on guided tours, and a media guide covers the rooms, the artworks and the family's daily life.
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