I paint German artists whom I admire. I paint their pictures, their w… — Georg Baselitz

I paint German artists whom I admire. I paint their pictures, their work as painters, and their portraits too. But oddly enough, each of these portraits ends up as a picture of a woman with blonde hair. I myself have never been able to work out why this happens.

Georg BaselitzArtist · German · b. 1938

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