Georg Baselitz

The German painter, sculptor, and graphic artist Georg Baselitz became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings in the 1960s before beginning to paint his subjects upside down, striving to overcome the representational character of his earlier work. Drawing from myriad influences including Soviet era illustration art and African sculptures, he developed his own distinct artistic language. Thirty-one masterpieces from all his creative phases are now housed in Munich’s Bavarian Sta...