Georg Baselitz
Hans-Georg Kern took the name Georg Baselitz in the late 1950s, DeutschBaselitz being his birthplace. Even by this early stage, and only in his very early twenties, he had already gained a reputation as an enfant terrible, having been expelled from East Berlin’s Hochschule für Bildende und Angewandte Kunst. Finding a second chance at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste in West Berlin, Baselitz began his search for a new way of painting, something that was the opposite of Socialist Realism and Art Informel. He developed an interest in Anamorphosis, the creation of a perspective requiring the viewer to occupy a specific vantage point to make sense of the image. He also became interested in the art of the mentally ill.
In 1963, Baselitz’s first solo exhibition caused a public scandal and several of his paintings were confiscated for public indecency. He began to work in woodcut, and shortly afterwards made the artistic leap for which he is best known – painting his subjects upside-down in an attempt to overcome or deconstruct representation.
Baselitz represented Germany at the Venice Biennale in 1980. He is now considered one of Germany’s greatest living artists and his work is held in every notable public collection around the world.
Available works by Georg Baselitz
Available Artists
- Albers Anni
- Andre Carl
- Avery Milton
- Baldessari John
- Bell Larry
- Boyd John
- Brice Lisa
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude
- Dadamaino
- Dávila Jose
- de Tollenaere Saskia
- Downing Thomas
- Dyson Julian
- Francis Sam
- Freud Lucian
- Gadsby Eric
- Gander Ryan
- Guston Philip
- Haring Keith
- Held Al
- Hockney David
- Kapoor Anish
- Katz Alex
- Kelly Ellsworth
- Knifer Julije
- Kruger Barbara
- Kusama Yayoi
- Le Parc Julio
- Leciejewski Edgar
- Levine Chris
- LeWitt Sol
- Lichtenstein Roy
- Mack Heinz
- Maripol
- Martin Agnes
- Martin Jason
- Martin Kenneth
- Mavignier Almir da Silva
- Miller Harland
- Morellet François
- Motherwell Robert
- Nadelman Elie
- Nemours Aurélie
- O'Donoghue Hughie
- Pettibone Richard
- Prehistoric Objects
- Prince Richard
- Quinn Marc
- Richter Gerhard
- Riley Bridget
- Ruscha Ed
- Scott William
- Shrigley David
- Smith Anj
- Smith Richard
- Sonnier Keith
- Soto Jesús Rafael
- Soulages Pierre
- Taller Popular de Serigrafía
- The Connor Brothers
- Turk Gavin
- Vasarely Victor
- Warhol Andy
- Wesselmann Tom
- Wood Jonas
- Wool Christopher