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1938
Born January 23 as Hans-Georg Kern in Deutschbaselitz, Saxony
1950
Moves to Kamenz
1956
Studies painting at the Academy of Art and Crafts in East Berlin with Professor Womaka and Professor Behrens-Hangler Suspended from the academy for alleged "social and political immaturity" after two terms
1957
Continues at the Academy of Art in West Berlin with Professor Hann Trier
1958
Moves to West Berlin
1959
Journeys to Amsterdam; visits Documenta 2
1960
First journey to Paris
1961
Adopts the name Georg Baselitz; “1. Pandämonium”, exhibition and manifesto with Eugen Schönebeck in Berlin
1962
“2. Pandämonium”, manifesto with Eugen Schönebeck. Finishes his studies
1963
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."!
1964
Galerie Michael Werner, Berlin; Freie Galerie, Berlin
1965
Scholarship at the Villa Romana, Florence; Galerie Friedrich & Dahlem, Munich
1966
“Warum das Bild 'Die großen Freunde' ein gutes Bild ist”, exhibition and manifesto in Galerie Rudolf Springer in Berlin together with Michael Werner
1968
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden
1969
Paints his first painting in which the motif is shown upside down: “Der Wald auf dem Kopf”. Galerie Beck, Erlangen
1970
Retrospective of the graphic work in the Kunstmuseum Basel; Galleryhouse in the Lindenstraße, Cologne; Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich; Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp
1971
Galerie Tobiès & Silex, Cologne
1972
Documenta 5 in Kassel; exhibition of the group of “Freunde-Portraits” (Friends’ Portraits) from 1969 in the Goethe Institut/Provisorium, Amsterdam; Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim; Kunstverein, Hamburg; Staatliche Graphische Sammlungen, Munich
1974
Retrospective of the prints in the Städtisches Museum Leverkusen, Schloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen
1975
Moves to Derneburg near Hildesheim. First journey to New York. Participates at the XIIIth Biennial of Sao Paulo. Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich; Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1976
Retrospectives: Kunsthalle Bern; Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich; Kunsthalle Köln
1977
Professorship at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe; withdraws his contribution for Documenta 6 because of the participation of official representatives for artists of the GDR. Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Köln; Groninger Museum, Groningen
1979
Works on the 18-part painting “Straßenbild” (Street Scene). “Vier Wände und Oberlicht oder besser kein Bild an der Wand” lecture and manifesto on the occasion of the Dortmunder Architekturtage (architecture convention) on the theme: “Museumsbauten”. Begins working on sculptures
1980
Venice Bienale; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; “Der gekrümmte Horizont: Kunst in Berlin 1945-1967”, Berlin, Akademie der Künste
1981
Studio in Castiglion Fiorentino near Arezzo. Xavier Fourcade, New York; Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; “Das Straßenbild” Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (together with Gerhard Richter); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Kunstverein Braunschweig; Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich; Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich; Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven “Das Sraßenbild”; “A New Spirit in Painting”, London, Royal Academy of Art; “Westkunst”, Cologne fairgrounds
1982
Documenta 7; Ileana Sonnabend, New York; “Zeitgeist”, Berlin; Waddington Galleries, London; Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
1983
Professorship at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. Two large compositions: “Nachtessen in Dresden”, “Der Brückechor”. Retrospective of sculpture at Musée d'Art Contemporain in Bordeaux; “Expressions”, St. Louis Art Museum; Akron Art Museum, Ohio; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; Xavier Fourcade Gallery, New York
1984
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel; Mary Boone Gallery, New York; Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley; Kunsthalle Basel; Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Neue Pinakothek, Munich; Cabinet des Estampes, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva; Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada; “Origen Y Visión: Nueva Pintura Alemana”, Centro Cultura de la Caja de Pensiones, Barcelona; Palacio de Vélazquez, Madrid; “Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert”, Merianpark, Basel; “von hier aus”, Düsseldorf fairground; “La Grande Parade”, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1985
Composition: “Die Nacht”; retrospective in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Manifesto: “Das Rüstzeug der Maler”, “Sächsische Motive”; daadgalerie Berlin; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld; “Nouvelle Biennale”, Paris; “German Art in the 20th Century”, Royal Academy, London; Stuttgart; “Carnegie International '85”, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Galeries Mansart et Mazarine, Paris: “Gravures et Sculptures”, “Georg Baselitz - Vier Wände - Skulpturen, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Holzschnitte”
1986
Paints the two “Pastorale-Bilder” of the city of Goslar; Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur; Galerie Beyeler, Basel; Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Hovikodden; Wiener Sezession, Wien; “Europa/Amerika - Die Geschichte einer künstlerischen Faszination seit 1940”, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
1987
“Anna Selbdritt”; Studio in Imperia on the Italian Riviera; Lecture and manifesto: “Das Rüst”, Amsterdam, Hannover; “Pastorale”, Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Galerie Neuendorf, Frankfurt; Anthony d'Offay, London; “Berlin Art 1961-1987”, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
Finishes “Das Malerbild” after one year. Gives up his professorship. Salone Villa Romana, Florence; Sala d'Arme di Palazzo Veccio, Florence; Städtische Galerie im Städel, Frankfurt; Hamburger Kunsthalle; Kunsthalle Bremen; “Carnegie International”, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; “Refigured Painting: The German Image 1960-1988”, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
1989
“Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres”; 20-part picture “45”; “Dresdner Frauen”. “Hommage à Rudolf Springer”, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; Kunstmuseum Basel; “Zeichnungen und druckgraphische Werke aus Eigenbesitz”, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen; Kunsthalle Bielefeld; “Bilderstreit - Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960”, Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf; Kunstpalast, Ehrenhof
1990
Extensive retrospective, Kunsthaus Zürich, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. “Dresdner Frauen” and “45”, Pace Gallery, New York. Publishes the magazine “Krater & Wolke Nr. 7”, dedicated to A.R. Penck. “Malelade”, artist's book “45”, “Baselitz: The Hero Paintings”, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Michael Werner, New York; Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación Caja de Pensiones, Madrid; Fundació Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona; Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d'Olonne; “Pharmakon '90”, Tokyo
1991
“Malelade”, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague; “Metropolis”, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; “Pièce Unique”, Amelio Brachot, Paris; “opera recenti”, La Sanseverina, Parma; “Four Portfolios”, Brooke Alexander Editions, New York; “Opere dalla Collezione Ackermeier-Berlino”, Galleria Credito Valtellinese u. Philippe Daverio, Milan; Cabinet des estampes du Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva; “Georg Baselitz: Prints 1964-1990” IVAM, Valencia; Tate Gallery, London; Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London; Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; Professor at the Academy of Art, Berlin; “Speech about Germany”, Kammerspiele, Munich
1992
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna; Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich; Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel; “Georg Baselitz: Retrospective 1964-1991”, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wein; The Pace Gallery, New York; “Works from the 1970s”, Michael Werner, New York; Matthew Marks, New York; “Transform”, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel; Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen; Galerie Beyeler, Basel
1993
Malmö Konsthalle; Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, “Works form 1990-1993”; Kunstmuseum Basel, “Vorhang” (curtain); Kunsthalle und Messepalast, Vienna; Städtische Galerie in PrinzMaxPalais Karlsruhe, “Paintings: The Beautiful and Ugly Portraits”; Venice Biennale; “The Broken Mirror”, Vienna; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Galerie Montenay, Paris; Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris; Gana Art Gallery, Seoul; Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London; The Pace Gallery, New York
1994
Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London; Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere; Kunstraum Axel Holm, Ulm; “German Art 1964-1994”, Galerie Thaddäus Ropac, Salzburg; “Works on Paper from the Sixties”, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
1995
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles; Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; PaceWildenstein, Los Angeles; Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1996
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; “German Drawings after Beuys”, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; “Saxon Motif Drawings”, Michael Werner Gallery, New York; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; “Georg Baselitz: New Works”, Galerie Springer, Berlin; “Georg Baselitz: Works on paper”, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin; “Sammlung Garnatz”, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
1997
“Siftung Froehlich”, Nördliche Deichtorhalle, Hamburg; “Kunst im Schaufenster: Georg Baselitz” Kunstpunkt, Darmstadt; “Sammlung Hanck”, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf; “Georg Baselitz: works on paper 1958 – 1976”, Galerie der Stadt Kornwestheim, Kornwestheim; “Georg Baselitz: Recent Paintings”, Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York; “Magie der Zahl in der Kunst des 20.”, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart; “Der Holsschnitt: Biespiele aus 6 Jahrhunderten”, Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main; “Georg Baselitz: Wir besuchen den Rhein”, Dresdner Kunstverein, Dresden; Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Bruxelles; Galleria d'arte Moderna, Bologna; Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; “Fracture Paintings”, Michael Werner Gallery, New York & Cologne; “Deutschlandbilder”, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin; “Die Maler und ihre Skulpturen”, Museum Folkwang Essen; “Le sculpture des peintres”, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul; “Sculpture Projects Münster”, Münster; “Portraits of Elke”, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth
1998
“Portraits of Elke”, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City; PaceWildenstein Gallery, New York; Ribe Kunstmuseum, Ribe; Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
1999
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt a.M.; Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin; Galerie Joan Prats, Barcelona; Musée Rath, Genf; Deutsche Guggenheim Museum, Berlin; Galerie Laage-Salmon, Paris; “Das XX Jahrhundert. Ein Jahrhundert Kunst in Deutschland”, Berlin; Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg; “Kunstwelten im Dialog”, Ludwig Museum, Cologne; Hamburger Art Gallery, Hamburg
2000
Gesellschaft fur Gegenwartskunst e.V, Toskanische, Saulenhalle, Zeughaus, Augsburg; “Georg Baselitz: New Paintings”, PaceWildenstein, New York; “Georg Baselitz: Paintings and Drawings”, Gallery Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen; “New Paintings”, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; “Georg Baselitz: Ade Nymphen”, Toskanische Saulenhalle, Zeughaus, Augsburg; “Tierdarstellungen, Graphische Werke 1969-1999”, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld; “Grafik”, Galerie Holm and Wirth, Zurich; “Georg Baselitz. Grafik 1994-2000”, Kunstverein Niebull im Richard-Haizmann-Museum Niebull; Museum Collection Essl, Klosterneuenburg; Appointed Professorship, Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków
2001
“Georg Baselitz: Im Walde von Blainville, Malerei 1996-2000”, Sammlung Essl, Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg; “Georg Baselitz Works on Paper”, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Barbizon, Frankreich; “Georg Baselitz: Outside”, Gagosian Gallery, London; “Georg Baselitz. Escultura frente a pintura”, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia; Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich; “Georg Baselitz. Bilder, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, 1995-1998”, Galerie Fred Jahn, München; “Georg Baselitz. Künstlerbücher”, Burg Wissem. Museum der Stadt Troisdorf, Troisdorf; “Russen”, Galerie Springer, Berlin; “Dialoge”, Galerie Borkowski, Hannover-Kirchrode
2002
“Georg Baselitz. Fluß und Schrift”, Sabine Knust, Munich; Michael Werner Gallery, New York; "Georg Baselitz: Gravures récentes”, Galerie Laage Salomon, Paris; Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; “Georg Baselitz—Meine neue Mütze”, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; “Georg Baselitz: New Paintings”, PaceWildenstein, New York; “Bir Baselitz—Retrospektifi 1958-2001”, Kâzim Taskent Sanat Galerisi, Beyoglu, Istanbul
2003
"Georg Baselitz: New Paintings", Gagosian Gallery, London, UK; "Georg Baselitz: The Monumental Watercolors, Albertina, Vienna; “Georg Baselitz: Neue Arbeiten”, Galerie Borkowski, Hannover-Kirchrode; "Georg Baselitz: Recent Paintings", Michael Werner Gallery, New York
2004
"Upside down, boy you turn me. Baselitz in der Hess Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern; "Georg Baselitz. Neue Arbeiten", Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; "Georg Baselitz: Selfportraits – Monumental Watercolors", Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; "Georg Baselitz: Malelade“, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe; "Georg Baselitz“, Sabine Knust, München; "Georg Baselitz: The Turning Point: Paintings 1969 – 1971 / Recent Paintings”, Gagosian Gallery, New York; “Georg Baselitz: New Works”, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen; “Georg Baselitz: Monumental watercolors”, Frac Picardie, Amiens; “Georg Baselitz: Pictures turning the head topsy-turvy. A Retrospective. Paintings and Sculptures from 1959 until 2004”, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn; “Georg Baselitz. Graphic Works and Works on Paper”, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld; “Baselitz in Italy”, Goethe Institut, Genua
2005
"Georg Baselitz. Andere Ansichten", Galerie Terminus, Münich; "Georg Baselitz. Aquarelle“, Galerie Fred Jahn, Münich; "Georg Baselitz. Oeuvres récentes“, Galerie Ropac / FIAC, Paris; "Georg Baselitz.’Reality is the Picture!’“, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art, Tochigi; “Georg Baselitz. Walk without cane”, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg; “Baselitz – Ecstasies of figure. A Dialog with African Art”, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot; “Georg Baselitz. En route with Richard”, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Genf
2006
“Baselitz. Painter”, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark; “Georg Baselitz – Works on Paper”, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; “Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, A.R. Penck”, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; “Implosion”, Anton Kern Gallery, New York; “Baselitz – Remix”, Pinakothek der Moderne, Münich and Albertina, Vienna; “Penck and Baselitz from Beyeler”, Michael Werner Gallery, New York; “The New Landscape / The New Still Life: Soutine and Modern Art”, Cheim and Read, New York, “Best in Show: The Dog in Art from the Renaissance to Today”, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2007
“Selection”, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; “Georg Baselitz: Works form the 1960s and 1970s”, Nyehaus, New York; “Georg Baselitz: L’Oeuvre Clef G. Antonin 1962/63 et les Dessins Autour du Manifeste”, Michael Werner. Une Saison à Paris 2007, Galerie de France, Paris; “Drawing Connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne and the Old Masters”, Morgan Library; “Georg Baselitz Retrospective”, Royal Academy of Arts, London; “Georg Baselitz: Remix”, Gagosian, New York;
2008
“Georg Baselitz – Jonathan Meese”, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin; “Georg Baselitz”, MADRE Museum, Neapel; “Georg Baselitz: Druckgraphik”, Kupferstich - Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; “Die Skulpturen der Maler”, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden; “Georg Baselitz: Remix”, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; “The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian & Swiss Drawings”, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis; “Serial Works on Paper”, Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin; “Pretty Ugly”, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York; “Georg Baselitz: Le Grande Notte in Bianco”, Gagosian Gallery, Rome; “Serial Works on
Paper”, Julius Werner, Berlin; “Series Drawings”, Michael Werner Gallery, New York; “Georg Baselitz: Druckgrahik 1964 bis 1983, aus der Sammlung Herzog Franz von Bayern”, Pinakothek der Moderne, Staatl. Graphische Sammlung, Munich
2008-09
“Georg Baselitz”, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall; “An die Natur. Die ALTANA Kunstsammlung in Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda
2009
“Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures”, LACMA, Los Angeles, traveling to Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg and Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
Georg Baselitz lives and works in Derneburg, Germany and Imperia, Italy
