Georg Baselitz The Heroes

Georg Baselitz: The Heroes by Max Hollein and Eva Mongi-Vollmer presents one of the most significant series in postwar German art — the monumental paintings of wounded, alienated figures that Georg Baselitz created in the mid-1960s as his response to the moral catastrophe of German history. The Hero paintings — rawly painted figures standing in devastated landscapes — were controversial at the time of their creation and remain among the most powerful images of moral reckoning in contemporary European art. Published by Prestel with scholarly essays examining the work’s historical context and artistic significance, this is essential for students of postwar art, German cultural history, and anyone interested in how painting can respond to historical trauma with formal and ethical seriousness.