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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Apollo, 1994

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Apollo, 1994

Sale Date: November 28, 2006

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Untitled

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Untitled

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Untitled

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Untitled

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Untitled

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Untitled

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Metapher (from UNICEF portfolio Meine..., 1997

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Metapher (from UNICEF portfolio Meine..., 1997

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Stiefel, pl. 10 (from erste konzentration), 1982

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Stiefel, pl. 10 (from erste konzentration), 1982

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Harlekin

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Harlekin

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Saxophonspieler

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Saxophonspieler

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Parsifal-Männer ohne Frauen, 1995

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Parsifal-Männer ohne Frauen, 1995

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Ohne Titel, 1981–1982

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Ohne Titel, 1981–1982

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Clitunno, 1990

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Clitunno, 1990

Sale Date: November 21, 2006

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Senza titolo, 1990

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Senza titolo, 1990

Sale Date: November 21, 2006

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Parsifal - Männer ohne Frauen (from Der Klotz), 1995

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Parsifal - Männer ohne Frauen (from Der Klotz), 1995

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Ohne Titel (Kopf und Säule), 1989

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Ohne Titel (Kopf und Säule), 1989

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Ohne Titel

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Ohne Titel

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Ohne Titel (Vogel über Landschaft)

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Ohne Titel (Vogel über Landschaft)

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Bilder Raum

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Bilder Raum

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Komposition

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Komposition

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Enthauptung (from Pierrot Lunaire), 1984

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Enthauptung (from Pierrot Lunaire), 1984

Sale Date: December 1, 2006

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Baumstamm mit weissem Segel, 1968

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Baumstamm mit weissem Segel, 1968

Sale Date: December 1, 2006

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Parsifal, 1994

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Parsifal, 1994

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Orpheus, 1995

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Orpheus, 1995

Sale Date: November 11, 2006

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Faust + Freud = Mephisto, 1989

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Faust + Freud = Mephisto, 1989

Sale Date: October 29, 2006

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Frau mit Fisch, 1984

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Frau mit Fisch, 1984

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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