GEORG BASELITZ

The German painter, sculptor, and graphic artist Georg Baselitz became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings in the 19 60s before beginning to paint his subjects upside down, striving to overcome the representational character of his earlier work. Dra wing from myriad influences including Soviet era illustration art and African sculptures, he developed his own distinct artistic lan guage. Thirty-one masterpieces from all his creative phases are now housed in Munichs Bavarian State Painting Collections, whose ou tstanding...[Read more]