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Georg Baselitz Biography
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1938 |
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Born as Hans-Georg Bruno Kern in Deutschbaselitz
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1957 - 1963 |
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Hochschule fur bildende und angewandte Kunst, East Berlin
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1957 - 1963 |
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Hochschule fur bildende Kunste, West Berlin
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1978 |
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Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Karlsruhe
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1987 |
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Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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1983 - 1988 |
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Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin
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1992 |
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Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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1999 |
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Honorary Professorship, Royal Academy of Arts, London
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2001 |
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Julio Gonzalez Prize, Valencia
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2002 |
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Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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1992 - 2003 |
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Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin
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2003 |
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Niedersachsischer Staatspreis
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2004 |
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Praemium Imperiale Award, Tokyo
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2004 |
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Honorary Professorship, Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence
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2006 |
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Honorary Citizen of the city of Imperia
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Lives and works in Munich and Imperia, Italy
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Villa Schöningen, Potsdam, Germany
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2011
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BASELITZ SCULPTEUR, Musée d`Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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2011
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Sculpteur aussi, ARC, Paris, France
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2011
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Georg Baselitz Graphikretrospektive, Musée Cantini, Marseille, France
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2011
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Folk Ding Zero, Villa Borghese, Uccelliera, Rome, Italy
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2011
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Georg Baselitz – 25 Jahre Meisterwerke, Isabelle du Moulin und Niels Borch Jensen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
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2011
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Between Eagles and Pioneers, White Cube, London, UK
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2011
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Georg Baselitz – The Early Sixties, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, USA
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2011
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Re-Mixed, GL STRAND, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2010
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Monumental Sculptures, Paintings and Aquarelles, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
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2010
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Georg Baselitz. Remix, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
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2010
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Georg Baselitz. Recent Paintings, Pinacoteca de Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
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2009 - 2010
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Baselitz. Eine Retrospektive, Museum Frieder Burda, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
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2009
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Dr. Freud und andere Musik, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2009
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Georg Baselitz Dresdner Frauen, Galerie Neue Meister und Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlung Dresden, Dresden, Germany (solo)
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2009
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Georg Baselitz, 1960 – 2008, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prag/ Prague, Czech Republic (solo)
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2009
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Mrs Lenin and the Nightingale, White Cube, London, United Kingdom (solo)
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2009
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Paintings and Sculptures 1960-2008, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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2008 - 2009
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Top, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
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2008
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Georg Baselitz - Retrospective, Madre, Neapel / Naples, Italy (solo)
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2008
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Georg Baselitz. Druckgraphiken 1964 bis 1983, Pinakothek der Moderne, München/ Munich, Germany (solo)
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2008
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Georg Baselitz, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (solo)
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2008
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La Grande Notte in Bianco, Gagosian Gallery, Rom/ Rome, Italy (solo)
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2008
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Georg Baselitz. Druckgraphik von 1964 bis 1983, Kupferstich - Kabinett, Dresden, Germany (solo)
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2008
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Georg Baselitz, Remix, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
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2008
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Georg Baselitz: 23. Januar 1938, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Georg Baselitz: Die Russenbilder, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Georg Baselitz: A Retrospektive, Royal Academy of Arts, London (solo)
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2007
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Museo Civico di Belle Arti, Lugano (solo)
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2007
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The Bridge Ghost’s Supper, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (solo)
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2007
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Russenbilder, Musée d’ Art Moderne, St. Étienne (solo)
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2007
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Remix, Albertina, Vienna (solo)
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2006
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Retrospektive, Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen (solo)
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2006
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Baselitz, Eine einzige Leidenschaft – die Malerei, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne (solo)
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2006
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Remix, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (solo)
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2006
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
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2006
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Georg Baselitz – Works on Paper, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
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2006
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Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, A.R. Penck, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
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2006
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Implosion, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
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2005
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Georg Baselitz. Andere Ansichten, Galerie Terminus, Munich (solo)
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2005
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Georg Baselitz. Aquarelle, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich (solo)
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2005
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Benjamin Katz und Georg Baselitz, Attori a rovescio, Imperia
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2004
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Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, Tretjakow Galerie, Moscow; Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
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2004
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Weltsichten, Meisterwerke der Zeichnung, Graphik und Photographie, Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden
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2004
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Georg Baselitz: Malelade, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe (solo)
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2004
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Georg Baselitz - Bilder, die den Kopf verdrehen, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (solo)
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2004
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Upside down, boy you turn me. Baselitz in der Hess Collection, Kunstmuseum, Bern (solo)
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2004
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Georg Baselitz. Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne (solo)
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2004
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Georg Baselitz – Monumentale Aquarelle, Albertina, Vienna; Frac de Picardie, Amiens (solo)
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2004
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Georg Baselitz. Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
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2004
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Upside down, boy you turn me. Baselitz in der Hess Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern
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2003
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Georg Baselitz. Recent Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
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2003
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Georg Baselitz. The monumental Watercolours, Albertina, Vienna
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2003
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Georg Baselitz: New Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2001 - 2002
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Thirty-Five Drawings, Richard Gray Gallery, New York, USA
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2001
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Sculpture versus Painting, IVAM, Valencia
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2001
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Reise in die Niederlande 1972-1999, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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1999
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Monumentalen Druckgraphik 1977-1999, Musée Rath, Geneva
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1999
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Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City
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1998
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Portraits of Elke, Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth
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1998
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Georg Baselitz: Portraits of Elke, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA (solo)
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1997
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Georg Baselitz: Recent Paintings, Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York (solo)
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1997
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Man in the Middle – Menschenbilder, Kunsthalle, Tübingen
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1997
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Expressiv!, Fondation Beyeler, Basel
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1997
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Retrospektive, Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (solo)
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1996 - 1997
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Landscape: The Pastoral to the Urban, Bard College, New York, USA (group)
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1996
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Georg Baselitz: New Works, Galerie Springer, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1996
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Retrospektive, Guggenheim Museum, New York; County Museum of Arts, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum, Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (solo)
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1995 - 1996
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Editions from Maximilian Verlag, Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany (group)
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1995
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Retrospektive, Kunsthaus, Zürich; Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf (solo)
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1995
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Georg Baselitz, Guggenheim-Museum, New York, USA (Tournee)
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1991
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Georg Baselitz. Grabados 1964-1990, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzales, Valencia
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1990
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Graphikretrospektive, Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris (solo)
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1990
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Baselitz: The Hero Paintings, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne (solo)
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1989
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Bilderstreit, Messehallen, Cologne
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1988
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Georg Baselitz - Dipinti 1965-1987, Sala d'Arme di Palazzo Veccio, Florence
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1987
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Georg Baselitz - das plastische Werk, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
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1986
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Georg Baselitz - Vier Wände, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
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1985
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Georg Baselitz - Vier Wände - Skulpturen, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Holzschnitte, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
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1985
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Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (solo)
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1985
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German Art in the 20th Century, Royal Academy, London
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1984
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La Grande Parade, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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1984
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Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, New York
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1983
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Retrospektive, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Kunsthalle, Basel (solo)
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1983
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Xavier Fourcade, New York (solo)
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1983
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Expressions: New Art from Germany, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis
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1982
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Zeitgeist, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin
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1981
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A New Spirit in Painting, Royal Academy of Arts, London
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1981
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Westkunst, Messehallen, Cologne
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1981
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Retrospektive, Kunsthalle, Bern; Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst, Munich; Kunsthalle, Cologne (solo)
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1981
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Straßenbild, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
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1980
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Modell für eine Skulptur, Biennale, Venice
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1979
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Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Kunsthalle Köln, Cologne
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1976
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Galerieverein München und Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich
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1976
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Kupferstichkabinett, Kunstmuseum, Basel (solo)
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1975
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XIII. Biennale, São Paulo
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1974
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Galerie Biedermann Munich, Germany
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1970
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Warum das Bild ‚Die großen Freunde‘ ein gutes Bild ist“, Rudolf Springer, Berlin (solo)
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1970
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Franz Dahlem im Galeriehaus, Lindenstrasse, Cologne (solo)
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1966
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Friedrich & Dahlem, Munich (solo)
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1966
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Die große Feude, Galerie Springer, Berlin
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1966
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Warum das Bild 'Die großen Freunde' ein gutes Bild ist, exhibition and manifesto in Galerie Rudolf Springer in Berlin together with Michael Werner.
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1965
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Galerie Friedrich & Dahlem, Munich
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1965
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Galerie Werner & Katz, Berlin (solo)
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1964
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Galerie Michael Werner, Berlin
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1963
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Exhibition in Galerie Werner & Katz in Berlin. Two of the exhibited paintings 'Die große Nacht im Eimer' and 'Der nackte Mann' are confiscated by the Department of Public Prosecution; the process ends in 1965 with the restitution of the paintings. Letter and Manifesto: 'Lieber Herr W.!'
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1962
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2. Pandämonium, Berlin
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1961
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1. Pandämonium, Manifest und Ausstellung mit Eugen Schönbeck, Berlin-Charlottenburg
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| Literature |
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2002
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Art in America, July, Baselitz at M. Werner, Ed. Leffingwell
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1992
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Art Magazine, 66, no. 7, pp. 93-94, Germany in Review, Bettina Mahler
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1986
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Art Magazine, 60, no. 10, pp. 35-37, Georg Baselitz’s Pastorale, Remo Guidieri
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1982
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Artforum, 20, no. 7, pp. 69-70, Georg Baselitz, Lisa Liebmann
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1966
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Censorship, 2, no. 1, pp. 35-41, Baselitz Case, Martin G. Butting
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