German painter and sculptor Georg Baselitz has died at the age of 88.

German artist and sculptor Georg Baselitz, famous for his unique technique of depicting figures upside down, has died at the age of 88. This was reported on April 30 by the newspaper Die Welt, referring to information received from the master's entourage.

Baselitz is considered one of the founders of German neo-Impressionism. In the 1960s, he developed his corporate identity by flipping images to emphasize the priority of content over form.

One of his most famous works is "The Bent Drinker" (Gebeugter Trinker), written in 1982. In 2020, this painting was sold at auction at Christie's for 4.6 million pounds (about $5.8 million).

The artist's real name is Hans-Georg Kern. He was born in 1938 in the Saxon town of Deutschbaselitz. In 1956, Baselitz enrolled at the Graduate School of Fine Arts in East Berlin, but after two semesters he was expelled for "political immaturity."

In 1958, he emigrated to West Berlin, where he was able to continue his art education.