Markus Lüpertz

(German, born 1941)

Markus Lüpertz is a German Neo-Expressionist whose idiosyncratic paintings and sculptures seamlessly blend figuration and abstraction. Seeking to simplify forms while also magnifying details, the artist often employs close up views of heads and faces within the picture plane. “Whenever you paint something abstract the eye leads you to search for a figurative element, and vice versa,” he once reflected. Born on April 25, 1941 in Liberec, Czech Republic, his family moved to Rheydt, West Germany in 1948. He went on to study at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, graduating in 1961 and moving to Berlin a year later. While in Berlin, Lüpertz worked alongside other German artists, including Georg Baselitz, A.R. Penck, and Jörg Immendorff to strive for a different approach to artmaking that didn’t parallel the dominant artistic lexicons of Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism. Through the following decades, Lüpertz has sought a more emotional, representative form of painting, considering Francis Picabia’s varied style as a precursor to his own. The artist currently lives and works between Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe, Germany. Lüpertz’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Von der Heydt-Museum in Wuppertal, Germany, among others.

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Friedrich Hölderin, das nächste Beste, 1990–1990

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Friedrich Hölderin, das nächste Beste, 1990–1990

Sale Date: March 23, 2002

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Sonnenblumen, 1990–1990

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Sonnenblumen, 1990–1990

Sale Date: March 21, 2002

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Die pubertäre Verzweifelung der kleinen , 1986–1986

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Die pubertäre Verzweifelung der kleinen , 1986–1986

Sale Date: January 25, 2002

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Sans titre

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Sale Date: December 19, 2001

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Fisch schwebend dithyrambisch, 1972–1972

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Fisch schwebend dithyrambisch, 1972–1972

Sale Date: December 14, 2001

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Steelpoints and poems, 1989–1989

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Steelpoints and poems, 1989–1989

Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Parsival

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Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Stehende Figur mit erhobenen Armen

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Stehende Figur mit erhobenen Armen

Sale Date: December 7, 2001

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Fröndenberger Papiertrichter

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Fröndenberger Papiertrichter

Sale Date: December 7, 2001

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Am Strand, 1979–1979

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Am Strand, 1979–1979

Sale Date: December 7, 2001

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Ohne Titel, 1979–1979

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Ohne Titel, 1979–1979

Sale Date: December 5, 2001

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Ohne Titel

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Sale Date: December 5, 2001

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Männer ohne Frauen, Parsifal (Mlz 2729), 1993–1993

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Männer ohne Frauen, Parsifal (Mlz 2729), 1993–1993

Sale Date: December 4, 2001

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Abstract landscape (Mlz 3083), 1997–1997

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Abstract landscape (Mlz 3083), 1997–1997

Sale Date: December 4, 2001

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Wütende vase

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Wütende vase

Sale Date: December 3, 2001

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Darmstadt

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Sale Date: December 3, 2001

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Die herinrichtung der vasen III

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Die herinrichtung der vasen III

Sale Date: December 3, 2001

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Fünf Raben, 1990–1990

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Fünf Raben, 1990–1990

Sale Date: November 30, 2001

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Standbein Spielbein vorn, 1982–1982

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Standbein Spielbein vorn, 1982–1982

Sale Date: November 30, 2001

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Der Fuss eines Fürsten, 1981–1981

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Der Fuss eines Fürsten, 1981–1981

Sale Date: November 30, 2001

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Ohne Titel, 1990–1990

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Ohne Titel, 1990–1990

Sale Date: November 30, 2001

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Ohne Titel, 1998–1998

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Ohne Titel, 1998–1998

Sale Date: November 17, 2001

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Zyklop I, II, III, 1973–1973

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Zyklop I, II, III, 1973–1973

Sale Date: November 14, 2001

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Ohne Titel, 1982–1982

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Ohne Titel, 1982–1982

Sale Date: October 13, 2001

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