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Georg Baselitz is a German painter and sculptor recognized for his striking works that push the limits between figuration and abstraction. His experiences and memories growing up during the Second World War and postwar Germany play a central role in his work. In one of his early series, ‘Heroes,’ Baselitz depicts solitary wounded figures in a ruined landscape. He is also known for painting his subjects upside down, a practice that he began in 1969, which calls into question preconceived ideas about composition, pictorial space, color, gesture and texture.

Baselitz also worked in wood sculpture. ‘Dresdner Frauen – Die Wendin’ (1990) is from ‘The Women of Dresden’ series. The artist pays homage to the “Rubble Women,” who worked to reconstruct the city of Dresden after the Second World War. The sculpture recalls a portrait bust and has been crudely shaped from a single block of wood to show a resilient woman impacted by war. Baselitz carved the figure using chainsaws, manual saws and chisels, leaving areas of wood exposed, and then applied paint. The �۶���Ƶ Art Collection loaned the work to “Baselitz – The retrospective” (2021-22) at the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

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