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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German Green Party Fights Markus Lüpertz's Proposed Creation Story Mural

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Landschaft

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Landschaft

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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Männer ohne Frauen Parsifal, 1993

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Männer ohne Frauen Parsifal, 1993

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Halsschmuck eines Potentaten, 1982

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Halsschmuck eines Potentaten, 1982

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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Akt mit Wagner, 1987

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Akt mit Wagner, 1987

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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Mädchen mit Krug, 1990

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Mädchen mit Krug, 1990

Sale Date: November 26, 2008

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Ohne Titel (nach Max Liebermann, Die..., 1997

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Ohne Titel (nach Max Liebermann, Die..., 1997

Sale Date: November 26, 2008

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Ohne Titel - Kreuzweg

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Ohne Titel - Kreuzweg

Sale Date: November 26, 2008

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Abschied aus Via Guerazzi, 1980

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Abschied aus Via Guerazzi, 1980

Sale Date: November 26, 2008

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Parcifal

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Parcifal

Sale Date: November 26, 2008

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Arrangement für eine Mütze, 1973

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Arrangement für eine Mütze, 1973

Sale Date: November 28, 2008

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Baumstamm Dithyrambisch, 1966

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Baumstamm Dithyrambisch, 1966

Sale Date: November 28, 2008

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Sieben über ML, 1980

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Sieben über ML, 1980

Sale Date: November 13, 2008

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Moving the lantern, 2005

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Moving the lantern, 2005

Sale Date: November 28, 2008

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Der Schläfer

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Der Schläfer

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Entwurf für Meyers Lexikon, 4. Zyklus, 1992

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Erschiessung (sketch), 1992

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Erschiessung (sketch), 1992

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Nachtlandschaft, 1992

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Nachtlandschaft, 1992

Sale Date: November 13, 2008

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Personnage

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Personnage

Sale Date: November 19, 2008

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Bildnis eines jungen Mannes mit roter Krawatte, 1961

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Bildnis eines jungen Mannes mit roter Krawatte, 1961

Sale Date: November 14, 2008

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