Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz (photographed by Lothar Wolleh.) Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German painter. He studied in East Germany, before moving to what was then West Germany. Baselitz's style is interpreted by the Northern American critics[clarification needed] as Neo-Expressionist, but from a European perspective, it is more seen as postmodern.[citation needed] His career was boosted in the 1960s after police took action against one of his paintings, (Die große Nacht im Eimer), because of its provocative, offending sexual nature. He is currently a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts.