Nearly four years ago, I wrote a piece about Otto Dix's famous portrait of journalist Sylvia von Harden. Now, I find that many of my visitors here seem to have picked on that particular post when visiting these erratic pages. What is this fascination with this famous image I wonder; why has Dix's painting impressed so many?
As I reported in my original post, the image has been a popular inspiration for the parodists; for example here's the original with the Barbie version:
Daily Mail
And inevitably there are some even more bizarre versions:
And:
Source
And finally (for now):
And there are many, many more, which tells me that with this iconic portrait, Otto Dix created a truly classic image. Sadly I have no talent in the artistic line, otherwise perhaps I would have a go!
Until the next time.
