![In two paintings, Baselitz depicts birds against a lighter, slate blue backdrop, grounded by a web of coloured streaks that...](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1400,h_1400,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-ropac/usr/images/feature_panels/image/6099/04_gbsalzburg24_300dpi.jpg)
Keine Einfahrt, 2023
Oil and collage on canvas
270 x 230 cm (106.3 x 90.55 in)
![The two largest works in the exhibition each show a pair of birds in flight on a monumental scale, their...](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1400,h_1400,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-ropac/usr/images/feature_panels/images_and_objects/6095/05_gbsalzburg24_300dpiedit.jpg)
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Sigmund ist von der Berggasse 19 in Wien nach 20 Maresfield Gardens nach London gezogen, 2024
Oil on canvas
300 x 450 cm (118.11 x 177.17 in)
Hans-Georg Kern
Adler, 1953
Pencil and watercolour on paper
27.7 x 38.1 cm (10.91 x 15 in)
![Baselitz’s works can almost always be tied to his experiences and impressions during his childhood in Dresden and the ensuing...](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1400,h_1400,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-ropac/usr/images/feature_panels/image/6096/07_gbsalzburg24_300dpiedit.jpg)
Die Seele läuft barfuß auf Sigmunds Füßen, 2024
Oil on canvas
300 x 450 cm (118.11 x 177.17 in)
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Since the 1960s, Baselitz has consistently renewed his practice through innovative formal developments, often responding to art history and his own extensive oeuvre. While Baselitz’s painting technique has been subject to constant transformation, his thematic vocabulary revolves around a number of key subjects that run through his oeuvre like a thread and notably include his wife, Elke.
The return to the highly symbolic motif of the eagle integrates a wide range of historical and art-historical references into his work, including Rembrandt’s iconic depiction of Ganymede in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, which Baselitz was familiar with from a young age. ‘The eagle embodies qualities that have fuelled the human imagination for thousands of years,’ writes Zimmermann, and its great significance as a heraldic symbol in German history further plays into the backdrop of Baselitz’s repeated examination of this subject.
Ferien im Schwarzwald, 2023
Oil on canvas
200 x 120 cm (78.74 x 47.24 in)
Noch Mützen trug man, 2023
Oil on canvas
200 x 120 cm (78.74 x 47.24 in)
Eine elektrische Divergenz, 2023
Oil on canvas
200 x 120 cm (78.74 x 47.24 in)
![The sculptural series Dresdner Frauen (Women of Dresden) references Baselitz’s upbringing in post-war Germany. The 13 female heads are not...](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1400,h_1400,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-ropac/usr/images/feature_panels/image/6091/08_gbsalzburg24_300dpi.jpg)
Dresdner Frauen - Die Elbe, 1990/2023
Bronze patinated and oil paint
154 x 65 x 67 cm (60.63 x 25.59 x 26.38 in)
Edition of 9
![Georg Baselitz, who has worked with the gallery for over 20 years, lives between Lake Ammersee in Bavaria, Salzburg, and...](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1400,h_1400,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-ropac/usr/images/feature_panels/image/6089/baselitz_25.03.2024_-martinmueller_002.jpg)