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German painting after the war
Explore how German artists rebuilt their nation's visual identity after World War II using paint, dirt, and upside-down canvases.
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by gertrude · Jun 17, 2026
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Chapter 1
Georg Baselitz and the art of inversion
1Why Georg Baselitz flipped his paintings upside down
2The scandalous exhibition that seized the public eye
3Carving raw anger into solid blocks of wood
4Escaping the strict rules of East German art
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Chapter 2
Gerhard Richter and the blurry truth
1Painting the truth through a camera lens
2The giant squeegee that scraped away reality
3The tragic history painted in soft gray tones
4Designing a cathedral window with computer pixels
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Chapter 3
Anselm Kiefer and the weight of history
1Confronting the forbidden ghosts of the past
2Painting with lead, straw, and real ash
3The massive concrete towers of a personal wasteland
4The giant lead books that cannot be read
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Chapter 4
The Neue Wilden and the punk paint revolution
1The wild ones who brought back loud paint
2Berlin's punk energy on the edge of the wall
3Cologne's ironic jokesters who mocked high art
4The global explosion of neo-expressionism
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