The two painters lived only a little over three kilometers apart on Lake Constance: Adolf Dietrich since his birth in Berlingen in the canton of Thurgau, and Otto Dix, defamed by the Nazis, from the mid-1930s in Hemmenhofen on the German side of the lake. Both artists found their subjects in the scenes and landscapes around Lake Constance. It is not known whether Dix and Dietrich ever visited each other, but they were aware of each other.

How do these two artistic personalities differ in their approach? How were they influenced by their origins, and how did they reflect the upheavals and changes of their time? The exhibition seeks to answer such questions.

Around 90 paintings, drawings, and prints from the museum’s own collection as well as important loans from 17 renowned museum and private collections in Switzerland and Germany open up a new perspective on the work of these two painters.

An exhibition catalog with 87 illustrations of works from throughout both artists’ careers will be published by Deutscher Kunstverlag.