Georg Baselitz
- Introduction
- Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German painter, sculptor and graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his subjects upside down in an effort to overcome the representational, content-driven character of his earlier work and stress the artifice of painting. Drawing from myriad influences, including art of Soviet era illustration art, the Mannerist period and African sculptures, he developed his own, distinct artistic language.He was born, as Hans-Georg Kern, in Deutschbaselitz, Upper Lusatia, Germany. He grew up amongst the suffering and demolition of World War II, and the concept of destruction plays a significant role in his life and work. These autobiographical circumstances have therefore returned throughout his whole oeuvre. In this context, the artist stated in an interview: "I was born into a destroyed order, a destroyed landscape, a destroyed people, a destroyed society. And I didn't want to reestablish an order: I had seen enough of so-called order. I was forced to question everything, to be 'naive', to start again." By disrupting any given orders and breaking the common conventions of perception, Baselitz has formed his personal circumstances into his guiding artistic principles. To this day, he still inverts all his paintings, which has become his unique and most defining feature in his work.
- Wikidata
- Q164775
- Introduction
- German painter.
- Nationalities
- German, West German
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Painter, Sculptor
- Names
- Georg Baselitz, Georg Kern, Hans-Georg Baselitz, Hans-Georg Kern, Georg Dern, G. Baselitz
- Ulan
- 500045683
Exhibitions
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Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
Jan 1–Dec 31, 2013
MoMA
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Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration
Mar 14–Jul 9, 2012
MoMA
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Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
Apr 22, 2009–Jan 4, 2010
MoMA
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Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
Apr 22, 2009–Jan 4, 2010
MoMA
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Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now
Nov 21, 2007–Jul 21, 2008
MoMA
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Georg Baselitz has
44 exhibitionsonline.
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Georg Baselitz Big Night Down the Drain 1963
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Georg Baselitz P.D. Zeichnung 1963
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Georg Baselitz Heads (Köpfe) 1964
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Georg Baselitz Peitschenfrau 1964
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Georg Baselitz Waldarbeiter 1966
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Georg Baselitz Green-Red One (Grün-Roter) 1966, published 1974
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Georg Baselitz Untitled 1966, published 1974
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Georg Baselitz Untitled 1967
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Georg Baselitz Herder (Hirte) 1965–66, published 1967
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Georg Baselitz Dog-Split (Hund-geteilt) 1968
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Georg Baselitz Woodmen 1967-68
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Georg Baselitz Masai 1972
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Georg Baselitz The Herder (Der Hirte) 1965, published 1972
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Georg Baselitz 8 Engravings after Drawings from 1959 (8 Rudierungen nach Zeichnugen von 1959) 1959-1973
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Georg Baselitz Trees (Bäume) 1974
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Georg Baselitz Paranoiamarsch 1967–68, published 1974
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Georg Baselitz Type / Green One at the Tree (Typ / Grüner am Baum) 1965–66, published 1974
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Georg Baselitz The Hunter (Der Jäger) 1967, published 1974
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Georg Baselitz Two Soldiers (Zwei Soldaten) 1966–67, published 1974
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Georg Baselitz Untitled (Saxon Motif) 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled (Saxon Motif) 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled 1976
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Georg Baselitz Eagle 1977
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Georg Baselitz Nude with Three Arms (Akt mit drei Armen) 1977
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Georg Baselitz Still Life 1976-77
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Georg Baselitz Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled from Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled from Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled from Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled from Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled from Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled from Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled from Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled from Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled from Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled from Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Untitled from Eagle (Adler) 1974, published 1975
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Georg Baselitz Woman at the Window (Frau am Fenster), state I 1979
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Georg Baselitz Woman at the Window (Frau am Fenster), state II 1979
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Georg Baselitz Woman at the Window (Frau am Fenster), state III 1979
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Georg Baselitz Woman at the Window (Frau am Fenster), state IV 1979
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Georg Baselitz Woman at the Window (Frau am Fenster), state V 1979
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Georg Baselitz Woman at the Window (Frau am Fenster), state VI 1979
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Georg Baselitz Female Nude on Kitchen Stool (unpublished seventh state) May 3, 1979
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Georg Baselitz Eagle No. 25 Positive/Negative 1981 (printed 1977)
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Georg Baselitz Drinker (Trinker) 1981
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Georg Baselitz Woman on the Beach (Frau am Strand) 1981
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Georg Baselitz Man on the Beach (Mann am Strand) 1981
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