arts
April 30, 2026
Georg Baselitz
The German painter, who has died aged 88, captured the great rupture of the 20th century, which shaped a body of work that helped redefine postwar art
TL;DR
- Georg Baselitz was born in 1938 in Deutschbaselitz, Nazi Germany.
- He survived two dictatorships: Nazism and East German communist rule.
- His art is known for raw expressiveness and an inverted painting style introduced in the late 1960s.
- Baselitz's work explores themes of societal repression and the aftermath of WWII.
- He has had major exhibitions in London, Venice, and Dresden.
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