Georg Baselitz: A Life Sculpted in Distortion Born Hans-Georg Kern in Deutschbaselitz, a small village in the Upper Lusatia region of Germany, on January 23rd, 1938, Georg Baselitz’s life was inextricably linked to the landscape and history of his upbringing. This formative environment—a region scarred by World War II, marked by displacement, and steeped in a sense of loss—would profoundly shape his artistic vision, informing a body of work characterized by its unsettling honesty and deeply personal expression. His early years were spent amidst the ruins of a shattered order, witnessing firs…