1963
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1963 watercolor by Georg Baselitz, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows a barefoot child standing in a dim, shadowy room. The child’s skin is pale with smudges of color, and their hair is messy. The background is mostly dark, with a faint glow on the floor. The artist used loose, quick brushstrokes to make the figure look rough and unfinished. The child’s face is blurred, almost like they’re fading away. Try looking up *watercolor, glazing* to see how artists build depth with thin layers of paint.
Georg Baselitz was a German-Austrian painter, sculptor and graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his subjects upside down in an effort to…
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