Georg Baselitz: A Life Sculpted in Inversion Born Hans-Georg Kern in Deutschbaselitz, a small village in the Upper Lusatia region of Germany, on January 23rd, 1938, Georg Baselitz’s early life was profoundly shaped by the devastation and displacement wrought by World War II. This experience—the destruction of his hometown, the loss of community, and the lingering sense of a fractured order—became a central, recurring theme in his work, informing not just subject matter but also his distinctive artistic approach. Growing up amidst the rubble and remnants of a shattered society instilled withi…