Artist: Georg Baselitz (1938 - )
Nationality: German
Movement: Neo-Expressionism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Georg Baselitz was a leading figure in the Neo-Expressionist movement. His work is often controversial. In 1969, he began painting his subjects upside down. Beginning in 1980, Baselitz began producing sculptures.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Museum of Fine Arts -
© Georg Baselitz ; Georg Baselitz, German, Born in 1938 Lazarus 1984 Oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts -
© Georg Baselitz ; Georg Baselitz, German, Born in 1938 Shoes 1981 Linocut, hand-painted 86
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Georg Baselitz - Woodmen 1968 charcoal and synthet The Museum of Modern Art German
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Georg Baselitz - Meissen Woodsmen 1968-1969 oil on linen Hirshhorn Museum German
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Georg Baselitz - Male Nude 1975 oil and charcoal on North Carolina Museum of Art German
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Georg Baselitz - Ciao America I 1988 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum German
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Georg Baselitz - Mann im Mond- Franz Pforr (Man in the Moon - Franz Pforr) 1965 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art German
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Georg Christoph Eimmart, Le Jeune Georg Schweigge, etc. 17th - 18th century
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Georg Tappert, Georg Tappert (Germany, Berlin, 1880 - 1957) , 1963, Printed material and four woodcuts on paper
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Bernhard Strigel - Portrait of Dr. Georg Thannstetter c. 1515 oil on panel Liechtenstein Museum German
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Harald Slott-Moller - Georg Brandes at the University in Copenhagen 1889 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Danish
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Johann Georg Pintz [Title page: Gallus] Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Johann Georg Pintz Illustration of Deuteronomy, chapter 32, verse 32 etching and engraving circa 1750
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Georg Kolbe : Werke der letzten Jahre / mit Betrachtungen über Kolbes Plastik von Wilhelm Pinder, Georg Kolbe (Germany, Waldheim, 1877 - 1947) , 1937, Printed material
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Georg Jahn [Head of a woman] 1906
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Georg Jahn [Head of a woman] 1905
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Georg Jahn Melancholie Etching 1905
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Johann Georg Pintz Portrait of Johann Daniel Preissler, director of the Academy of Painting in Nurenberg Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Georg Pencz Regulus Engraving 1535
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Georg Lichtensteger M. Sigism. Iacob Apinus, tec. 18th century
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Georg des Marees Portrait of a Man oil on canvas circa 1745
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Artist: Johann Georg Platzer Title: Summer, from the Set of The Pleasures of the Seasons
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Georg Martin Preissler DÈdale et Icare 1787
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Georg Jahn Madchenkopf Etching 19th - 20th century
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Johann Georg Platzer Title: Winter, from the Set of The Pleasures of the Seasons
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Johann Georg Nordheim Joh. Jac. Bodmer 19th century
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Georg Pencz Astrology Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz Geometry Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz Arithmetic Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz Dialectic Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz Music Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz Rhetoric Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz Abraham and Agar 16th century
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Georg Pencz Artemisia Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz Sophonisba Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz Lot and his daughters Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites Engraving 1546
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Georg Pencz Joseph and the wife of Potiphar Engraving 1546
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Georg Pencz Thetis and Chiron Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz Joseph cast into the well by his brothers Engraving 1546
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Georg Pencz Joseph relating his dreams Engraving 1544
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Master J. B. or I. B. Philip Melanchthon Engraving 1530
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Elias Hainzelmann Georg Philipp Kipsius, etc. 17th century
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Johann Georg Platzer Title: Autumn, from the Set The Pleasures of the Seasons Date:
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Georg Scholz Fishing Village Etching 19th - 20th century
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Maria, Georg Kolbe (Germany, Waldheim, 1877 - 1947) , 1943, Bronze
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The Night, Georg Kolbe (Germany, Waldheim, 1877 - 1947) , 1930, Bronze
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Tray, Georg Jensen (1866 - 1935) , circa 1935-1940, Silver
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Tray, Georg Jensen (1866 - 1935) , circa 1935-1940, Silver
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Master J. B. or I. B. Marcus Curtius Engraving 1529
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Ash Tray, Georg Jensen (1866 - 1935) , Fabricated circa 1960, Silver
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Tea Pot, Georg Jensen (1866 - 1935) , circa 1935-1940, Silver, ivory
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Lucino, Georg Kolbe (Germany, Waldheim, 1877 - 1947) , 1921, Bronze
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Nut Dish, Georg Jensen (1866 - 1935) , Fabricated circa 1960, Silver
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Nut Dish, Georg Jensen (1866 - 1935) , Fabricated circa 1960, Silver
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Compote, Georg Jensen (1866 - 1935) , circa 1885-1935, Silver
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Georg Pencz Tobit with the fish Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz The courtesan punished Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz Susanna and the Elders Engraving 16th century
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Georg Pencz To bury the dead Engraving 16th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (18)
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Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, K20 Kunstsammlung am Grabbeplatz - Duesseldorf: Baselitz: The Africa Collection
Georg Baselitz is a well-known collector of mannerist art. To date, however, the public is scarcely aware of his outstanding collection of African art. The fascination of this body of work, gathered over a period of some 25 years, owes to the high...
Michael Werner Gallery: Recent Paintings by Georg Baselitz
All of the works in the exhibition have direct sources in paintings the artist made as a teenager during the 1950s, and in fact certain works bear the dates ‘1953’, ‘1954’ or ‘1955’ as part of their iconography. This combination of personal histo...
Tate Gallery, Liverpool: Last Chance! Contemporary German and American Art from The Froehlich Collection
To capture the unique spirit of the Froehlich Collection, this exhibition explores the contrasts and similarities between the work of a geographically diverse group of artists. Warhols iconi...
Cobra Museum: From Kandinsky till Corneille, Linoleum in art during the 20th century.
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Seattle Art Museum: Anselm Kiefer and Germanic Tradition
This exhibition combines paintings, works on paper, and sculpture from SAMs permanent collection along with key loans. The other artists include Max Beckmann, Josef Breitenbach, Marcel Breuer, Lyonel Feininger, Markus Lüpertz, Albert Renger-Patzs...
Michael Werner Gallery: Correspondences: Drawings Past and Present”
The selection of drawings in this exhibition illustrates the timelessness of documenting the conceptual process, from the looser, unconstrained studies to the more fully realized. The works show the creative processes of artists through the ages w...
Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College: Assemblance; If it's not love, it's the bomb
The selected works attempt to reconcile difficult histories through the resurrection of personal and cultural memories. This survey crosses experiential divides and examines the artists' continued proximity to the events they depict. Artists inclu...
Portland Museum of Art: Lasting Impressions: Contemporary Prints from the Bruce Brown Collection
As a teacher at Freeport High School and Curator of Maine Coast Artists in Rockport, Brown has educated many people about art and has also assembled a phenomenal collection of contemporary prints on a limited budget. Brown began collecting in the...
Guggenheim: Foerg: Deutsche Bank Collection
ANNIVERSARYSince the middle of last year, the show with Günther Förgs works from the Deutsche Bank Collection has been on exhibition at European bank branches, selected art associations and museums. Every fortnight, the art journ...
van Gogh Museum: Go(gh) Modern
The presentation is subdivided into four sections, each featuring a different aspect of Van Gogh's affect on contemporary art, and includes paintings, sculptures and videos by various artists and movements - from Appel and Kiefer to Nauman and War...
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami: Albert Oehlen: I Know Whom You Showed Last Summer
The selection of paintings for this exhibition, notes Clearwater, "are among the most extreme examples of Oehlen's works. Although he has worked in a variety of mediums and styles, the abstract paintings are his primary interest as he believes th...
Guggenheim Museum, Berlin: Neo Rauch: Paintings and Drawings
Almost a decade has passed since the Deutsche Bank's art team encountered Neo Rauch and his work for the first time. Although his early works are certainly impressive, his present oeuvre is more figurative and on a grander scale, his use of forms ...
Museum of Modern Art: Collaborations with Parkett: 1984 to Now
Founded in Zurich in 1984, the contemporary art journal Parkett has taken an innovative approach to magazine publishing. For each volume, artists are chosen to collaborate in the publishing process: they suggest authors to write on their work, con...
New Museum of Contemporary Art: Marlene Dumas' First Drawing Retrospective
Marlene Dumas' work is inspired by a wide range of imagery from film stars and fashion models such as Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Schiffer to art historical icons like Manet's Olympia and Vermeer's Woman with a Pearl. R...
Fortune Cookie Project: William Wegman : Man with the Dogs
William Wegman was born December 2, 1943 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He received a BFA in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston in 1965 and an MFA from the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana in 1967. From 1968 to 1970 he tau...
Guggenheim Museum: HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2008: EMILY JACIR
In their statement, the jurors* of the HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2008 describe their selection: "Emily Jacir's rigorous conceptual practice-comprising photography, video, performance, and installation-based work-bears witness to a culture torn by war and di...
Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (FIAC), Paris Expo: 29th Annual Modern and Contemporary Art Fair Presents 170 Galleries from 23 Countries
This year’s fair includes a rigorous selection of international galleries, focusing on individual and thematic shows, new and previously unseen works, and site-specific installations. The fair will be divided into five sections: Solo Shows; Group ...
Guggenheim Museum: Hugo Boss Prize 2002 Finalists Announced
On behalf of the jury, I’m delighted to announce the shortlist for the HUGO BOSS PRIZE: 2002, said Thomas Krens. The biennial prize has become an integral component of the Guggenheim Museum’s contemporary art programming since its inception in 1...

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