Georg Baselitz (German, 1938)

Georg Baselitz

German | 1938

Georg Baselitz is a German Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1938. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Fondation Beyeler, Basel have featured Georg Baselitz's work in the past.Georg Baselitz's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 2 USD to 11,240,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 11,240,000 USD for Dresdner Frauen – Besuch aus Prag [Women of Dresden – Visit from Prague], sold at Sotheby's New York in 2022. Georg Baselitz has been featured in articles for The Straits Times, Wallpaper and The New York Times. The most recent article is White Cube Bermondsey Opens ' Georg Baselitz: A Confession of My Sins' written for ArtDaily in April 2024.

Artist's alternative names: George Baselitz

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Mouton Rothschilds - Georg Baselitz

Mouton Rothschilds

By Georg Baselitz
Green rabbit - Georg Baselitz

Green rabbit

By Georg Baselitz

Current Exhibitions

Collection III: 2023

Jan 20,2024 - May 06,2024

Attersee

Mar 14,2024 - May 31,2024

Articles

White Cube Bermondsey Opens ' Georg Baselitz: A Confession of My Sins'
For Art Basel Hong Kong, This Gallery's Approach Is Old Meets New
Sold: Art SG 2024 Sees Record 45,300 Visitors, Speedier Sales

Coverage

..Baselitz is also known for his distinctive approach to sculpture: his roughly hewn and boldly painted wooden figures fuse traditional woodcarving techniques with primitivist and folk art impulses...

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Gagosian Gallery, London (Britannia Street)

..Baselitz is also known for his roughly hewn and boldly painted wooden figures, which fuse traditional woodcarving techniques with primitivist and folk art impulses...

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Gagosian Gallery, New York (21st Street)

..Baselitz is especially well known for his signature painting of upside-down figures...

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National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

..Widely known for his inverted portraits, landscapes and still-lifes, Baselitz has long cultivated a subversive approach to figurative imagery...

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Michael Werner, New York

..Born in Saxony in 1938 - painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor - Baselitz is perhaps best known for painting his motifs upside-down as a strategy to liberate the subject matter...

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Royal Academy of Arts

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