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Georg Baselitz

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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Baselitz is the 404th most popular painter (up from 533rd in 2019), the 1,082nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,443rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Georg Baselitz ranks 404 out of 2,023. Before him are Karl Bryullov, Konrad Witz, Palma Vecchio, Jules Pascin, Giambattista Pittoni, and Joseph Kosuth. After him are Oskar Schlemmer, Domenico Veneziano, Maarten van Heemskerck, Norman Rockwell, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, and Koloman Moser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Georg Baselitz ranks 72. Before him are István Szabó, Giuliano Amato, Brian Dennehy, Oleg Gordievsky, Takehiko Kawanishi, and Terry Wogan. After him are Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Etta James, Angelo Amato, Ayaz Mutallibov, Ryōji Noyori, and Marcello Gandini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Baselitz ranks 1,082 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), Uli Hoeneß (1952), Marian Gold (1954), Franz Ziereis (1905), W. G. Sebald (1944), and Franz, Duke of Bavaria (1933). After him are Ralf Dahrendorf (1929), Peter Minuit (1589), Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Killing of Peter Fechter (1944), Karin Schubert (1944), and William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Georg Baselitz ranks 38. Before him are Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), Johan Zoffany (1733), Erich Heckel (1883), Stefan Lochner (1410), and Konrad Witz (1400). After him are Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), Michael Wolgemut (1434), Adam Elsheimer (1578), Godfrey Kneller (1646), and Hannah Höch (1889).

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