US EditionGeorg Baselitz, the German painter who turned postwar art upside down, dies at 88
- On Thursday, renowned German painter and sculptor Georg Baselitz died at the age of 88, Die Welt newspaper reported. Known for inverted landscapes and raw depictions of the human body, Baselitz challenged postwar artistic conventions.
- Born Hans-Georg Bruno Kern in 1938 in the Saxon village of Deutschbaselitz, Baselitz grew up amid Nazi Germany and Soviet-occupied East Germany. He later recalled being forced to question everything and embrace a 'naive' approach to art.
- At a 1963 solo show in Berlin, authorities seized two of his paintings, "The Big Night Down the Drain" and "The Naked Man," on obscenity grounds. Yet Baselitz later gained international fame for painting motifs upside down beginning in 1969.
- The artist became a pillar of European postwar art, though his career remained contentious. A wooden sculpture at the 1980 Venice Biennale sparked backlash when critics interpreted it as evoking a Nazi salute—a reading Baselitz denied.
- His legacy centers on provocative artistic innovation, though Baselitz faced criticism for remarks about female painters, including a widely reported claim that women "don't paint very well." He remained a contentious yet influential figure in postwar European art.
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He became best known for his upside-down paintings, but Georg Baselitz was primarily a representative of his generation of German painters....
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Georg Baselitz, German artist known for provocation and upside-down paintings, dies at 88
Georg Baselitz, an acclaimed and award-winning neo-Expressionist German artist with a penchant for provocation and known for painting images upside down, has died.
The German artist and sculptor Georg Baselitz died at the age of 88, written by Deutsche Welle, who reported the death of the artist on April 30.
German artist Georg Baselitz, who rose to fame in the 1960s with his figurative and expressive paintings, has died. The painter, draftsman, engraver and sculptor was considered one of Germany's most important post-war artists. He was 88.
The world of contemporary art loses one of its most influential and recognizable exponents. Georg Baselitz died at the age of 88, a German painter considered among the highest representatives of Neo-Expressionism, the artistic movement developed and established internationally between the seventies and eighties. The news of the death was officially communicated by the Thaddaeus Ropac, one of the galleries that represented it. The origins and for…
German Artist Georg Baselitz, Author of Upside-Down Paintings, Passes Away. Georg Baselitz, a master representing German Neo-Expressionism and famous for his upside-down paintings, passed away on the 30th (local time). Born in Deutsch-Baselitz near Dresden, Germany, he moved to West Berlin in 1958 and...
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