Neoexpresionismo georg baselitz biography
Neoexpresionismo georg baselitz biography
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Georg Baselitz
German artist (born 1938)
Georg Baselitz | |
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Georg Baselitz in a photograph by Oliver Mark | |
| Born | (1938-01-23) 23 January 1938 (age 86) Deutschbaselitz, Germany |
| Nationality | German, Austrian |
| Known for | Painting, sculpture, graphic design |
| Movement | Neo-expressionism |
| Spouse | Johanna Elke Kretzschmar |
Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German painter, sculptor and graphic artist.
In the 1960s he became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his subjects upside down in an effort to overcome the representational, content-driven character of his earlier work and stress the artifice of painting.[1] Drawing from myriad influences, including art of Soviet era illustration art, the Mannerist period and African sculptures, he developed his own, distinct artistic language.[2]
He was born as Hans-Georg Kern in Deutschbaselitz [de], Upper Lusatia, Germany.
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