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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Georg Baselitz, German artist known for provocation and upside-down paintings, dies at 88

Obit Georg Baselitz - (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Georg Baselitz, an acclaimed German artist prominent in the Neo-Expressionalist movement who had a penchant for provocation and was known for painting images upside down, has died. He was 88.

The Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, which represented Baselitz, said the artist died on Thursday, citing his family. It said he died “peacefully,” but did not give a cause of death.

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