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200452 minGdocumentary

Baselitz

200452 minGdocumentary

One of the world's best-selling living artists, Georg Baselitz gained notoriety in the 1960s after police action against his provocative painting.

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Heinz Peter Schwerfel

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One of the world's best-selling living artists, Georg Baselitz gained notoriety in the 1960s after police action against his provocative painting.

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Georg Baselitz, born in 1938, studied art in East Germany before relocating to West Germany. His career gained momentum in the 1960s after a controversial police action against his painting, Die große Nacht im Eimer, due to its sexual content. Baselitz's work is often classified as Neo-Expressionist in North America, while European critics view it as postmodern. He is recognized as one of the best-selling living artists and teaches at Hochschule der Künste in Berlin.

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