GEORG BASELITZ
Biography
1938	born January 23, as Hans-Georg Kern in Deutschbaselitz, Saxony
1950	the family moves to Kamenz where Baselitz completes his primary school education and attend secondary school until 1955
1956	Studies painting at the Hochschule für bildende und angewandte Kunst in East-Berlin under Professor Womaka and Behrens-Hangler. He is expelled from the college after two terms for "social and political immaturity"
1957	Continues studies at the Hochschule der bildenden Künste in West-Berlin under Professor Hann Trier
1958	Moves to West-Berlin
1959	Hitches to Amsterdam, visits documenta 2 in Kassel on his return journey
1960	first trip to Paris
1961	adopts the name Georg Baselitz; „1. Pandämonium", exhibition and manifesto together with Eugen Schönebeck in Berlin
1962	„2. Pandämonium", manifesto with Eugen Schönebeck; Completes studies
1963	exhibition at the Werner &, Katz Gallery, Berlin from which two paintings „Die große Nacht im Eimer" and „Der nackte Mann" are confiscated by the public prosecutor; The consequent court case lasting until 1965 results in the return of the paintings to the artist. Writes as a manifesto the letter „Lieber Herr W.!"
1965	Spends six month in the Villa Romana, Florence on a schoarship and studies the graphics of Mannerism
1966	exhibition and manifesto „Warum das Bild ,Die großen Freunde' ein gutes Bild ist" at the Galerie Rudolf Springer, Berlin
1969	paints the first picture in which the subject is upside-down: "Der Wald auf dem Kopf"
1970	first retrospective of the graphic works at the Kunstmuseum Basel
1972	documenta 5, Kassel ; Exhibits the 1969 group of portraits of friends at the Goetheinstitut/Provisorium, Amsterdam
1974	retrospective of the graphic works at the Städtisches Museum, Leverkusen
1975	moves to Derneburg near Hildesheim; First trip to New York; takes part at the Xlll. Sao Paulo Biennale
1976	exhibition at the Kunsthalle, Bern; Retrospective Staatsgalerie für moderne Kunst, Munich
1977	Appointment at the Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe where he receives a professorship in 1978; Withdraw his contribution to documenta 6 in Kassel due to participation by official representatives of GDR painters
1979	works on the 18-part Straßenbild; Lecture and manifesto „Vier Wände und Oberlicht oder besser kein Bild an der Wand", Dortmund; First sculptures; exhibition at the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
1980	Venice Biennale; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1981	additional studio in Castiglion Fiorentino near Arezze; Participartes in the show „A New Spirit in Painting", Royal Academy of Art, London
1982	participates in documenta 7, Kassel; „Zeitgeist", Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
1983	Moves his professorial chair from Karlsruhe to the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin; Retrospective of the sculptures at the Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux
1984	Retrospective of the drawings at the Kunstmuseum Basel
1985	Retrospective of the graphics and sculptures at the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; exhibitions at the Kunsthalle, Bielefeld; „Carnegie International'85", Pittsburgh
1986	Wins the Kaiserring prize from the city of Goslar
1987	Additional studio in Imperia on the Italian Riviera; Lecture and manifesto: „Das Rüstzeug der Maler"; Exhibition of the sculptures at the Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover; Retrospective at the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, travels to the Kunsthalle Hamburg; Gives up professorship at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin
1989	the French Arts Minister Jack Lang confers upon him the medal of „Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres"; Participates at the exhibition „Bilderstreit - Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960", Museum Ludwig, Köln
1990	major retrospective at the Kunsthaus Zürich, then Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Introduces physically his idea of folk-dance ("Volkstanz") in his work by using his feet for painting; Retrospective at the Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid
1991	„Malelade" is exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art , NewYork, Den Haag Gemeentemuseum and the Roeme & Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim; Participates at the „Metropolis" exhibition at the Martin-Gopius-Bau, Berlin; Print retrospective at the IVAM Centro Julio Gonzales, Valencia
1992	disassociates himself from the Akademie der Künste, Berlin; „Retrospektive1964-1991" at the Hypokulturstiftung Munich, travelling to Edinburgh and Vienna; He is asked once again to join the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin
1993	designs stage set for the opera „Punch and Judy" in Amsterdam; Exibition at Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek; Participates at the XLV. Biennale, Venice
1994	exhibition at the Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken and Kunsthalle, Hamburg
1995	Major retrospektive organised by the Guggenheim Museum, New York travels to the L.A. County Museum, Los Angeles, the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington; Staatsgalerie, Berlin.
1995	inaugural show of the new space at the Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich
1996	"Woodcuts" at the BAWAG foundation, Vienna; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1997	Dresdner Kunstverein, im Residenzschloss, Dresden; "L'Opera Grafica 1990-1997", Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento
1998	Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City
1999	"Gravures Monumentales: 1977-1999", Musée Rath, Geneva
2000	Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich "Im Walde von Blainville/Malerei 1996-2000", Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Vienna
2001	"Escultura frente a pintura", IVAM - Centro Julio González, Valencia "Neue Bilder", Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich "Georg Baselitz: Der kubistische Hund", Kunstverein Braunschweig Georg Baselitz lives and works in Derneburg, Germany and Imperia, Italy.