"Baselitz discovered his love of art as a boy because plein air painters sought Deutschbaselitz's natural beauty en masse. He was expelled for 'sociopolitical immaturity'."
"A traveling exhibition of Abstract Expressionism left Baselitz besotted with the work of Jackson Pollock and Philip Guston, which was financed by the CIA to show the German public what culture is."
Georg Baselitz, a prominent German Neo-Expressionist artist, has passed away at 88. His family confirmed his death, noting he died peacefully. Baselitz, originally named Hans-Georg Kern, adopted his name from his hometown, Deutschbaselitz. He faced early challenges in his education, being expelled from the Art Academy of Dresden. He later graduated from the Berlin University of the Arts. Baselitz was influenced by Abstract Expressionism and left a lasting mark on German culture through his provocative works.
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