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Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German painter who studied in the former East Germany, before moving to what was then the country of West Germany. Baselitz's style is interpreted by the Northern American as Neo-Expressionist, but from a European perspective, it is more seen as postmodern.

His career was kick-started in the 1960s after police action against one of his paintings, (Die große Nacht im Eimer), because of its provocative, offending sexual nature.

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Baselitz is one of the world's best-selling living artists. He is a professor at the Hochschule der Künste art academy in Berlin.


Dresdner Frauen. Temporary exhibition at Palais De Tokyo, Paris