The German artist lived through Nazism and communism – and his horrific, shaming works, including a masturbating Hitler, forced his country to face its past. Yet in later life, he beautifully captured human frailty, portraying himself and his wife nude

Seine Werke sind monumental, Provokation war sein Programm. Mit «Kopfstand»-Bildern geht Georg Baselitz in die Kunstgeschichte ein. Deutschland hat einen der bedeutendsten…

Painter and sculptor whose raw, expressive works reflected on postwar Germany and courted controversy over his 60-year career