Georg Baselitz: A Revolutionary Voice in Neo-Expressionism Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938, Deutschbaselitz, Upper Lusatia, Germany) is a German painter, sculptor and graphic artist whose work profoundly reshaped the landscape of postwar art and continues to inspire artists globally. Growing up amidst the devastation of World War II instilled in him a deep preoccupation with destruction—a theme that permeates his oeuvre—and fuele…