Georg Baselitz: Georg Baselitz. Actor: Der Photograph. Baselitz, whose real name was Hans-Georg Kern, began studying at the East Berlin University of Fine and Applied Arts in 1956. There he met Peter Graf and Ralf Winkler (A.R. Penck). After two semesters he was expelled on the grounds of "sociopolitical immaturity." Baselitz moved to West Berlin and continued his studies there at the University of Fine Arts until 1964. He met Eugen Schönebeck...
Known For: Der Photograph (Actor), Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden (Self), A New Spirit in Painting: 6 Painters of the 1980's (Self), Georg Baselitz (Self)