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Portrait of Dr. Heinrich Stadelmann is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Description
Portrait of Dr. Heinrich Stadelmann is an oil on canvas portrait done by German painter and printmaker Otto Dix. The image depicts Dr. Stadelmann, a successful psychiatrist in Dresden and a forerunner of the the psychoanalytic school, who practised hypo-therapy on wealthy hypochondriacs in his sanatorium which he called the "bird house." This statement reflects Dr. Stadelmann's idea that each of his patients was classified as some type of exotic bird. Dix has rendered a vivid and realistic portrait of his sitter, he captured a mad scientist with bloodshot eyes that vacantly stare at the viewer. Honest and revealing, the portrait refuses to romanticize or idealize Dr. Stadelmann. Created in 1920 this portrait demonstrates Dix's development of a style characterized by merciless and frightening realism. Dix claimed that he initiated the Weimer art movement, which rejected the soulfulness of Expressionism for harsh focus on external realties, it didn't praise emotionality it instead chose to demoralize empathy.

Dr. Stadelmann's portrait demonstrates Dix's habit of focusing on his sitter's idiosyncrasies and magnifying them on the canvas. His large, spectral, and watery green eyes are his most striking features which captivate the viewers as they did with his patients. This beautiful yet terrifying portrait of Dr. Stadelmann has been exhibited at the Seven Ages of Man at the Inaugural exhibition May 3 - June 15, 1980 at the London Regional Art Gallery.

Historical information
Dr. Stadelmann was a subject of the Dresden literary world, asides from being a medical practitioner he was also one of Dresden's outstanding writers before the onset of the war. Stadelman wrote for left wing artistic journals and published Die Neue Kunst (The New Art) in which he argued in favour of Expressionism's spiritual agenda. He is also recognized for financing the notorious Dada soiree in Dresden in 1920. It is presumed that Dr. Stadelmann is the same "Dr. St" who is referred to by George Grosz in his autobiography, the doctor is a demented old man who believed he had magical powers to perform miracles. Fascinated with mysticism and the occult, Stadelmann was known to practice his magnetic powers after midnight when the currents were better.

Acquisition
Donated by the Ontario Heritage Foundation 1988