Georg Baselitz

Georg Baselitz 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. Drawing from myriad influences, including art of Soviet era illustration art, the Mannerist period and African sculptures, he developed his own, distinct artistic language.

Works in Collection

67 works

Big Night Down the Drain

Georg Baselitz

1963

Cellar (Keller)

Georg Baselitz

1987

Dog-Split (Hund-geteilt)

Georg Baselitz

1968

Drinker (Trinker)

Georg Baselitz

1981

Eagle

Georg Baselitz

1977

Eagle (Adler)

Georg Baselitz

1974, published 1975

Eagle No. 25 Positive/Negative

Georg Baselitz

1981 (printed 1977)

Face and Teardrop (for Parkett no. 11)

Georg Baselitz

(1986)

Female Nude on Kitchen Stool (unpublished seventh state)

Georg Baselitz

May 3, 1979

Five Times Titmouse

Georg Baselitz

1988-89

Green-Red One (Grün-Roter)

Georg Baselitz

1966, published 1974

Head and Bottle (Kopf und Flasche)

Georg Baselitz

(1981-82)

Herder (Hirte)

Georg Baselitz

1965–66, published 1967

I Made Richard Wagner as a Woman

Georg Baselitz

1988

Idol

Georg Baselitz

1964

Jumping Figure

Georg Baselitz

1982

Krater und Wolke 1-5

Georg Baselitz

1982–90

Malelade

Georg Baselitz

Published 1990; prints executed 1988-90

Man on the Beach (Mann am Strand)

Georg Baselitz

1981–82

Man on the Beach (Mann am Strand)

Georg Baselitz

1981

Masai

Georg Baselitz

1972

Nude with Three Arms (Akt mit drei Armen)

Georg Baselitz

1977

Optimistic (Optimistisch)

Georg Baselitz

1990–95

Optimistic (Optimistisch)

Georg Baselitz

1990–95

Exhibitions

18 exhibitions

Nov 23, 1976 – Feb 20, 1977

Prints: Acquisitions, 1973–1976

81 artists · 1 curator

Sep 17, 1981 – Nov 24, 1981

New Work in Black and White

21 artists

Mar 03, 1983 – May 15, 1983

Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

128 artists · 1 curator

Jul 21, 1983 – Sep 13, 1983

Some Contemporary Prints

14 artists · 1 curator

Oct 12, 1983 – Jan 03, 1984

Monumental Prints: Georg Baselitz and Rolf Iseli

2 artists · 1 curator

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

99 artists · 2 curators

May 17, 1984 – Aug 19, 1984

An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture

165 artists · 1 curator

May 26, 1985 – Oct 29, 1985

Drawing in Austria and Germany

41 artists · 1 curator

Dec 18, 1985 – May 20, 1986

American Prints: 1900–1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

98 artists · 1 curator

Feb 07, 1986 – Jul 08, 1986

Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Prints

42 artists · 1 curator

Apr 11, 1986 – Oct 09, 1986

Contemporary Works from the Collection

51 artists · 1 curator

Jul 23, 1986 – Dec 07, 1986

Naked/Nude: Contemporary Prints

26 artists · 1 curator

Jan 24, 1987 – Jun 14, 1987

Drawings Acquisitions

65 artists · 1 curator

Jun 04, 1987 – Sep 08, 1987

BERLINART 1961–1987

51 artists

Mar 24, 1988 – Jul 19, 1988

Contemporary Print Acquisitions, 1986–1988

28 artists · 1 curator

Jul 28, 1988 – Oct 23, 1988

Europe, America: A Selection from the Collection

13 artists · 1 curator

Mar 16, 1989 – Jul 04, 1989

Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

39 artists · 1 curator

Apr 06, 1989 – Aug 08, 1989

Master Prints from the Collection

102 artists · 1 curator