At first glance of Elke, by Georg Baselitz, there is a negative atmosphere coming from the portrait. The deep hues of blue give an undertone that is depressing. The upside composition makes it look as though everything in the world has been turned upside down, and therefore gives feelings trouble. The way Baselitz does not paint all the way to the edges completely gives a feeling that the portrait is an illusion or memory. Larry Gagosian says his “iconic “upside-down” paintings, in which bodies... ignoring the realities of the physical world, make obvious the artifice of painting” (par 1). The overall meaning that Baselitz wanted to convey from this painting is sorrow.
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German Expressionist influenced Georg Baselitz to created artwork that