Painter

Georg Baselitz

German artist (born 1938)

1938 - 2026

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His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). Georg Baselitz is the 404th most popular painter (up from 533rd in 2024), the 1,082nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,443rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Painter.

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Georg Baselitz is the most memorable of the 38 notable people born in Germany, Germany.

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Georg Baselitz's biography appears in 44 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 89% of all Painters.

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Georg Baselitz shares a January 23 birthday with Édouard Manet, Stendhal, and David Hilbert.

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Georg Baselitz's biography was added to 8 new Wikipedia language editions in the past year.

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Among Painters

Among painters, Georg Baselitz ranks 404 out of 2,023. Before him are Karl Bryullov, Konrad Witz, Palma Vecchio, Jules Pascin, Giambattista Pittoni, and Joseph Kosuth. After him are Oskar Schlemmer, Domenico Veneziano, Maarten van Heemskerck, Norman Rockwell, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, and Koloman Moser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Georg Baselitz ranks 72. Before him are István Szabó, Giuliano Amato, Brian Dennehy, Oleg Gordievsky, Takehiko Kawanishi, and Terry Wogan. After him are Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Etta James, Angelo Amato, Ayaz Mutallibov, Ryōji Noyori, and Marcello Gandini. Among people deceased in 2026, Georg Baselitz ranks 24. Before him are Anthony James Leggett, Birutė Galdikas, Edgar Morin, Lionel Jospin, Carlo Ginzburg, and Catherine O'Hara. After him are Len Deighton, António Lobo Antunes, Edith Eger, Anthony Head, Nathalie Baye, and Mario Adorf.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Baselitz ranks 1,082 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), Uli Hoeneß (1952), Marian Gold (1954), Franz Ziereis (1905), W. G. Sebald (1944), and Franz, Duke of Bavaria (1933). After him are Ralf Dahrendorf (1929), Peter Minuit (1589), Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Killing of Peter Fechter (1944), Karin Schubert (1944), and William V, Duke of Bavaria (1548).

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Among Painters In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Georg Baselitz ranks 38. Before him are Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), Johan Zoffany (1733), Erich Heckel (1883), Stefan Lochner (1410), and Konrad Witz (1400). After him are Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), Michael Wolgemut (1434), Adam Elsheimer (1578), Godfrey Kneller (1646), and Hannah Höch (1889).

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