FONDATION BEYELER

Biography

1938 Born January 23 in Deutsch- 1968 Receives a grant from the 1980 Finishes Strassenbild (Street baselitz, in Saxony, Germany, and given Kulturkreis im Bundesverband der Picture, 1979–80), a cycle of eighteen the name Hans-Georg Bruno Kern. deutschen Industrie. painted panels. Exhibits Modell für eine Skulptur 1956 Admitted to the Hochschule für 1969 Begins to work with inverted (Model for a Sculpture, 1979–80), his bildende und angewandte Kunst, in motifs: one of the first paintings is first sculptural work, in the German East Berlin, where he studies painting Der Wald auf dem Kopf (The Wood on Pavilion at the 39th Venice Biennale, with Walter Womacka and Herbert Its Head). alongside work by Anselm Kiefer. Behrens-Hangeler. 1970 Makes his museum debut with 1981 Participates in the exhibitions 1957 Obliged to leave the Hochschule an exhibition of drawings in the Kupfer- A New Spirit in Painting at the Royal after two terms because of “sociopoli- stichkabinett at the Kunstmuseum Basel. Academy of Arts, in London, and West- tical immaturity.” Continues studies Has first exhibition of pictures with kunst at the Messehalle, in Cologne. with Hann Trier at the Hochschule inverted motifs, presented by Franz Works on the series of Orangenesser für bildende Künste in West Berlin, Dahlem, Galeriehaus in Lindenstrasse, (Orange Eaters) and Trinker (Drinkers) graduating from the master-class in conjunction with the Cologne art fair. paintings. in 1963. Sets up an additional studio in Castig- 1971 Moves to Forst an der Wein- lion Fiorentino, near Arezzo, Italy, until 1960 Paints the so-called Rayski strasse, in Rhineland-Palatinate. 1987. First exhibition in New York, at portraits, his first “official” works. Xavier Fourcade. 1972 Participates in documenta 5, 1961 Adopts the artist’s name in Kassel. 1982 Participates in documenta 7, in Georg Baselitz, after his birthplace. Sets up a studio in Musbach, in Kassel, and the exhibition Zeitgeist at Has exhibition with Eugen Schönebeck Baden-Württemberg. the Martin-Gropius-Bau, in Berlin. in Berlin-Charlottenburg, accompanied Intensifies his work on sculpture. by the “Erstes Pandämonisches Mani- 1975 Moves to Derneburg, near fest” (“First Pandemonic Manifesto”). Hildesheim, Lower Saxony. 1983 Finishes the large compositions Participates in the 13th São Paulo Nachtessen in Dresden (Supper in 1962 Marries Elke Kretzschmar and Biennial. Dresden) and Der Brückechor (The their son Daniel is born. Brücke Chorus). 1976 Has retrospectives at the Kunst- Participates in the exhibition Expres- 1963 First solo exhibition at Galerie halle Bern; the Staatsgalerie moderner sions: New Art from Germany, organized Werner & Katz, in Berlin, immediately Kunst, in Munich; and the Kunsthalle by The Saint Louis Art Museum, which causes a scandal. Of the works exhibi- Köln, in Cologne. tours the United States. ted, Die grosse Nacht im Eimer (The Sets up an additional studio in Florence Retrospective presented at the White- Big Night Down the Drain, 1962–63) until 1981. chapel Art Gallery, in London, which is and Der nackte Mann (The Naked Man, later shown at the Stedelijk Museum, 1962) are confiscated by the state 1977 Engaged by the Staatliche in Amsterdam, and the Kunsthalle attorney’s office; the ensuing trial does Akademie der Bildenden Künste, in Basel. Holds professorship at the not end until 1965, when the pictures Karlsruhe, where he holds a professor- Hochschule der Künste, in Berlin, until are returned. ship from 1978–83. 1988, and from 1992 to 2003. Withdraws his pictures from documenta 1964 Makes his first etchings, in the 6, in Kassel, as a reaction against the 1984 Traveling retrospective of printing workshop of Schloss Wolfs- participation of “official representative drawings opens at the Kunstmuseum burg, Lower Saxony. GDR painters.” Basel. Appointed member of the Makes first large-format linocuts. Akademie der Künste, in Berlin, until 1965 Receives scholarship to the Villa 1992. Romana, in Florence. 1979 Has the exhibition Bilder Has solo exhibition at Galerie Friedrich 1977–1978 (Paintings 1977–1978) at 1985 In Paris, the Bibliothèque & Dahlem, in Munich. the Van Abbemuseum, in Eindhoven. nationale shows the retrospective of his Works on the series of Helden (Heroes) Gives the lecture “Vier Wände und graphics, taken over from the Staatliche paintings in Berlin until 1966. Oberlicht oder besser kein Bild an der Graphische Sammlung München and Wand” (“Four Walls and Skylight, or supplemented by an overview of his 1966 Has solo exhibition at Galerie Rather No Picture on the Wall at All”) sculptures produced to date. Rudolf Springer, in Berlin, accompanied on the theme of museum buildings, at Writes the manifesto “Das Rüstzeug by the manifesto “Warum das Bild Die the architecture convention in Dortmund. der Maler” (“The Painter’s Equipment”). grossen Freunde ein gutes Bild ist!“ (“Why the Painting The Great Friends 1986 Awarded the Kaiserring by the is a Good Picture!”). City of Goslar and the Art Prize of the Son Anton is born and the family Norddeutsche Landesbank, Hannover. moves to Osthofen, near Worms in Rhineland-Palatinate. FONDATION BEYELER

1987 Receives the French honor of 1995 First major retrospective in the 2001 The exhibition Escultura frente the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des United States opens at the Solomon a pintura / Sculpture versus Painting Lettres. R. Guggenheim Museum, in New York, opens at the IVAM Centre Julio González, Sets up an additional studio in Imperia, which then travels to the Los Angeles in Valencia; he becomes the first winner on the Italian Riviera. County Museum of Art; the Hirshhorn of the Julio González International Prize. Museum and Sculpture Garden, in 1988 Completes the composition Washington, DC; and the Neue Natio- 2002 Receives the French distinction Das Malerbild (The Painter’s Picture). nalgalerie, in Berlin. Begins work on a of the Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts series of family portraits based on old et des Lettres. 1989 Participates in the exhibition photographs. Works on the large-scale linocut series Bilderstreit, in Cologne. Belle Haleine. Finishes ’45, a twenty-part painting, 1996 Has major retrospective at and begins work on the monumental the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville 2003 The exhibition Die monumentalen sculpture series Dresdner Frauen de Paris. Completes the sculptures Aquarelle / Aquarelles monumentales (Women of Dresden). Sentimental Holland and Mutter der (Monumental watercolors) opens at Girlande (Mother of the Garland). the Albertina, in Vienna, then travels to 1990 His most comprehensive pain- Frac Picardie, in Amiens, France. ting retrospective to date opens at the 1997 Portraits of Elke opens at the Completes the self-portrait Meine neue Kunsthaus Zürich and then travels to Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, in Mütze (My New Hat), an over-life-sized the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. Texas, then travels to the North Caro- sculpture. Michael Werner publishes the artist’s lina Museum of Art, in Raleigh; the Receives prize for best work at the book Malelade, with poems and forty- Carnegie Museum of Art, in Pittsburgh; first Beijing International Art Biennale. one etchings by Baselitz. and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Awarded the Niedersächsischer Staats- de Monterrey, Mexico. preis, Hannover. 1991 Until 1995, works on the series The Deutsche Bank exhibits its Baselitz Bildübereins (PictureOverOne), collection at the Moscow State Exhibi- 2004 Completes the over-life-sized comprising thirty-nine pictures. tion Hall “Small Manege”, and thereaf- sculpture Frau Ultramarin (Mrs. Ultra- ter at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen marine), a portrait sculpture of his wife. 1992 Presentation of the 1989 Chemnitz and the Johannesburg Art Has retrospective at the Kunst- und vintage of Château Mouton Rothschild, Gallery, South Africa. Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik which features a label designed by Realizes the sculpture Mondrians Deutschland, in Bonn. Baselitz. Schwester (Mondrian’s Sister). Awarded the Praemium Imperiale, Tokyo. Receives the French honor of the Officier Receives honorary professorship at the de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. 1998 The Museo Rufino Tamayo Accademia di Belle Arti, in Florence. Gives the lecture “Purzelbäume sind presents the first survey of Baselitz’s Works on the series of the Negative auch Bewegung und noch dazu macht works in Mexico City. portraits, Spaziergang ohne Stock (Stroll es Spass” (“Somersaults Are Also Completes the large-format pain- without a Stick), and Ekely. Movement, and They’re Fun Too”) at tings Friedrichs Frau am Abgrund the Münchner Podium in den Kam- (Friedrich’s Woman on the Abyss) and 2005 Has joint exhibition with Benjamin merspielen, in Munich, as part of the Friedrichs Melancholie (Friedrich’s Me- Katz, Attori a rovescio (Actors upside series entitled “Reden über Deutsch- lancholy) for the Reichstag, in Berlin. down), at the Villa Faravelli, in Imperia. land” (“Talking about Germany”). Begins work on the Remix series. 1999 Has the solo exhibitions Reise in Receives the Austrian distinction of 1993 Creates the stage design for a die Niederlande, 1972–1999 (Journey the Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für production of Harrison Birtwistle’s opera to the Netherlands, 1972–1999) at the Wissenschaft und Kunst. Punch and Judy, commissioned by the Stedelijk Museum, in Amsterdam, and Dutch National Opera, in Amsterdam. Gravures monumentales, 1977–1999 2006 Has retrospectives at the Lou- (Monumental prints, 1977–1999) at isiana Museum of Modern Art, near 1994 Writes the manifesto “Malen the Musée Rath, in Geneva. Copenhagen, and the Fondation de aus dem Kopf, auf dem Kopf oder aus Receives honorary membership of the l’Hermitage, in Lausanne. The following dem Topf” (“Painting Out of My Head, Royal Academy of Arts, in London. year, the Lausanne exhibition travels Upside Down, Out of a Hat”). First winner of the Rhenus Kunstpreis, in slightly modified form to the Museo Completes the wood and cloth sculpture Mönchengladbach. d’Arte Moderna in Lugano, Switzerland. Armalamor, which in 1996 is installed The Remix exhibition opens at the in the entry hall of the newly built 2000 Receives honorary professorship Pinakothek der Moderne, in Munich, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, in at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. and travels the subsequent year to the Frankfurt am Main. The exhibition Im Walde von Blainville: Albertina, in Vienna. Malerei 1996–2000 (In the Woods Made honorary citizen of the city of of Blainville: Painting 1996–2000) Imperia. opens at the Sammlung Essl—Kunst Moves to Bavaria. der Gegenwart, in Klosterneuburg near Vienna. FONDATION BEYELER

2007 The exhibition Russenbilder Kunstforeningen GL Strand, in Copen- The major exhibition Damals, dazwischen (Russian paintings) opens at the Musée hagen; A la pointe du trait, gravures, und heute (Back Then, In Between, d’Art moderne, in Saint-Etienne, then a retrospective of graphics, at the and Today) is shown at the Haus der travels to the National Museum of Musée Cantini, in Marseille; and Kunst, in Munich. Contemporary Art in Seoul, and the Lustspiel, Neues aus dem Atelier / Deichtorhallen, in Hamburg. New Works from the Studio, together 2015 Works on the series Las bum sik Exhibits in dialogue with Emilio Vedova with Arnulf Rainer, at the Arnulf Rainer (Rass bum sic), which is shown in in the Venetian Pavilion at the 52nd Museum, in Baden near Vienna. a specially designed pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville Glynde-bourne Festival, East Sussex. Has major retrospective at the Royal de Paris shows the major retrospective Obtains Austrian citizenship. Academy of Arts, in London. Baselitz Sculpteur. The exhibition Inbetween: Baselitz— Makes the sculpture pair Sing Sang Zero. McCarthy is presented at the George 2008 The exhibition 23. Januar 1938 Economou Collection, in Athens, fol- opens, and his seventieth birthday 2012 Produces early in the year the lowed by How it began … at the State cele-bration (together with Jonathan large-format Auf dem Weg nach Russian Museum, in Saint Petersburg, Meese, who was born on the same day) Manchester (On the Way to Manchester) with works from the collection of the takes place at the Contemporary Fine and, in the spring, paintings based on Albertina, in Vienna. Arts gallery, in Berlin. color negatives. Produces the extensive series of Has retrospective at the Madre, museo Has the exhibition Romantiker kaputt: drawings Besuch von Hokusai d’arte contemporanea Donnaregina, in Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgrafik (Visit from Hokusai) and the sculptures Naples, and the exhibition Baselitz: Top aus der Sammlung GAG (Broken Roman- Bündel (Bundle) and Zero Dom at the Kunsthalle Würth, in Schwäbisch tic: Paintings, drawings, and prints (Zero Dome), as well as the series of Hall. from the GAG Collection) at the Kunst- paintings Dystopisches Paar Completes the series Mrs. Lenin and museum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, (Dystopian Couple) and Wir fahren aus the Nightingale. Stiftung Moritzburg, in Halle. Completes (We’re Off). 2009 The retrospective Gemälde und the sculpture BDM Gruppe (BDM Group), Skulpturen / Painting and Sculpture: consisting of three figures, which is 2016 Continues working on the 1960–2008 opens at the Museum der displayed the following summer in series of paintings Abgang mit Marcel Moderne Salzburg and travels thereaf- the garden of the Victoria and Albert (Descending with Marcel). ter in modified form to the Rudolfinum, Museum, in London. The exhibition Mit Richard unterwegs: in Prague. Receives the French honor of the Druckgrafik 1996–2016 (On the go Finishes the monumental sculpture Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. with Richard: Prints 1996–2016) Volk Ding Zero—Folk Thing Zero. is shown at Schloss Dachau, near The exhibition Dresdner Frauen (Women 2013 Werke von 1968 bis 2012 Munich. of Dresden) opens at the Staatliche (Works from 1968 to 2012), seventy- The Städel Museum, in Frankfurt am Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemälde- fifth birthday exhibition opens at the Main, and the Moderna Museet, in galerie Alte Meister. Has parallel retro- Essl Museum, in Klosterneuburg near Stock- holm, show for the first time spectives 50 Jahre Malerei / 30 Jahre Vienna. Die Helden (The Heroes), the 1965–66 Skulptur (50 years of painting / 30 years Works on several sculptures, the series of paintings and drawings, to of sculpture) at the Museum Frieder Schwarzer Adler (Black Eagle) series, a larger extent. The exhibition then Burda and the Staatliche Kunsthalle and Willem raucht nicht mehr (Farewell travels to Rome and Bilbao. Baden-Baden. Bill). The exhibition Eksperiment og fornyelse The exhibition Hintergrundgeschichten (Experiment and renewal), is presented 2010 Remix exhibition presented (Background Stories) is shown at the at the Museum Jorn, in Silkeborg, at the Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Residenzschloss of the Staatliche Denmark. Palace, accompanied by photographic Kunstsammlungen Dresden, followed portraits by Benjamin Katz. Has by Le récit et la condensation, a joint 2017 The exhibition Preview with exhibition Pinturas recentes / Recent exhibition with Leroy at the Musée des Review is presented at the Hungarian Paintings at the Pinacoteca do Estado Beaux-Arts Eugène Leroy, in Tourcoing, National Gallery, in Budapest. de São Paulo. France, and Besuch bei Ernst Ludwig Begins the series of Elke nudes, followed (A Visit with Ernst Ludwig) at the 2018 Georg Baselitz, an exhibition by the Blaue Adler (Blue Eagle) series Kirchner Museum Davos, Switzerland. commemorating his eightieth birthday, and the double-portraits Seid bereit, is shown at the Fondation Beyeler, immer bereit (Be Prepared, Always 2014 Produces the large-format self- Riehen/Basel, and at the Hirshhorn Prepared). Made honorary citizen of the portraits Avignon, which are shown at Museum and Sculpture Garden, city of Castiglion Fiorentino. the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015, and Washington, DC. Parallel to this, the additional sculptures and paintings. Kunstmuseum Basel presents 2011 Paints the series Herfreud The exhibition Tierstücke: Nicht von Werke auf Papier (Works on Paper). Grüssgott (Greetings, Mr. Freud) and In dieser Welt (Animal Pieces: Not of This ______London gesucht und nichts gefunden World) is presented at the Franz Marc (Sought in London, Nothing Found). Museum, in Kochel am See. Lives and works in Basel, in Salzburg, Has the exhibitions Re-Mixed at the at Ammersee, and in Imperia.