Baselitz was part of a wave of german painters from what was in their formative years east germany who in the late 1970s rejected abstraction for highly expressive paintings with. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at solomon r. On the occasion of the 80th birthday of georg baselitz born 1938. Georg baselitz born 23 january 1938 is a german painter, sculptor and graphic artist. Doch diese renitenz hat mich vor schlimmem bewahrt. Javascript scheint in ihrem browser deaktiviert zu sein. Georg baselitz born 23 january 1938, as hansgeorg kern, in deutschbaselitz, germany is a german painter, sculptor and graphic artist. Doch kunstinteressierten ist er weltweit als georg baselitz bekannt, geboren in deutschbaselitz, sachsen. The subject matter in the series heroes was a provocative reminder of german history, in an era when the nation was rejoicing in the german economic wonder. Counting among his influences art brut, art informel, and abstract expressionism, as well as artists edvard munch and wassily kandinsky, german artist georg baselitzs work is characterized by expressionistic markmaking and unrefined, even grotesque, figurative depiction. In the 1960s he became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings. Zuvor hatte baselitz ein kunststudium in berlinwei. I n 1958 georg baselitz, then a 20yearold art student recently arrived in west berlin from east germany, attended a touring exhibition of contemporary american painting staged at his university. The guggenheim museum bilbao presents the exhibition georg baselitz.
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