30/04/2026
Georg Baselitz, 1938–2026// This post is about one of my beloved humans, one of the founders of the Neo-Expressionist movement that swept over Europe in the 70s. The one who was deeply rooted in art history and the expression of one’s soul through art.
The one who preached his unique method of inverting representational direction so that the viewer could focus on his expressive mark-making rather than the figure portrayed.
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Georg Baselitz, the one of the most influential artists of our time, who redefined the tenets of Expressionism.
A pioneer of postwar German painting, printmaking, drawing, and sculpture, he profoundly influenced the direction of contemporary art, returning the human figure to a central position.
Drawing inspiration from Soviet-era illustration, Mannerist art and African sculpture, Baselitz developed a unique, unmistakable visual language that was always inviting us to see the world from new perspectives… as we should!