Markus Lüpertz

Czech | 1941

Markus Lüpertz is a Czech Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1941. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Kunsthaus Zürich have featured Markus Lüpertz's work in the past.Markus Lüpertz's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 4 USD to 399,189 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 399,189 USD for 6 Works: Der Schauspieler; Akt mit Spielzeug; Mann mit blauem Ball; Frau mit Spiegel; Der Gärtner; Odaliske, sold at Lempertz, Cologne in 2014. Markus Lüpertz has been featured in articles for WHITEWALL, Whitehot Magazine and Arte Fuse. The most recent article is Sotheby's to offer Modern & Contemporary Art including Prints in Cologne written for ArtDaily in May 2024.

Artist's alternative names: Markus Lüpertz

Ganymed , 1985

Painted bronze

90 by 30 by 27 in. 228.6 by 76.2 by 68.6 cm.

Weintraube (Dithyrambisch) (Grape (Dithyrambic)) - Markus Lüpertz

Weintraube (Dithyrambisch) (Grape (Dithyrambic)) , 1970

dispersion on canvas

78 7/8 x 79in. (200.2 x 200.5cm.)

Jason Abschied (Jason's Farewell) - Markus Lüpertz

Jason Abschied (Jason's Farewell) , 2020

oil and charcoal on canvas, in artist's frame

frame 82 by 109 in. 208.3 by 277 cm.

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At Auction

Upcoming Lots

Untitled

By Markus Lüpertz

Germann Auctions

Untitled

By Markus Lüpertz

Germann Auctions

UNTITLED

By Markus Lüpertz

Henry's Auction House

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Available Artworks

Diana

By Markus Lüpertz

Dorotheum, Vienna

Untitled

By Markus Lüpertz

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

Parsifal - Männer ohne Frauen

By Markus Lüpertz

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

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Recent Auction Results

Entwurf für ein Kirchenfenster in Köln

By Markus Lüpertz

+9%

above mid-estimate

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

Selbstporträt als Musiker

By Markus Lüpertz

-2%

below mid-estimate

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

Saxofonist

By Markus Lüpertz

-2%

below mid-estimate

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

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Current Exhibitions

Expressive! The nude in the Modern art

Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Basel

Basel | Switzerland

Apr 12,2024 - Aug 17,2024

Extreme Tension: Art Between Politics And Society 1945–1990

Neue Nationalgalerie

Mitte | Berlin | Germany

Nov 18,2023 - Sep 28,2025

Past Exhibitions

Mannheim Miami: The Left-Over-Collection: Part One

Galerie Crone, Berlin

Berlin | Germany

Jan 16,2024 - Apr 18,2024

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Articles

Sotheby's to offer Modern & Contemporary Art including Prints in Cologne

ArtDaily 30/05/2024

The summer auction includes 117 lots, divided into Prints (53 lots) and Modern & Contemporary Art (64 lots). Estimated at a total of around €2 million.

6 Best Booths at Frieze New York 2024

WHITEWALL 03/05/2024

Frieze New York takes place this week at The Shed, open now through May 5.

Resonances: Visit 'The Echo of Picasso' With Curro González at Museo Picasso Málaga

ArtDaily 27/12/2023

The Museo Picasso Málaga has invited Sevillian-born artist Curro González to give his views on The Echo of Picasso exhibition.

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Coverage

“ ..Lüpertz's position is further complicated by his unabashed appreciation for classicism and his frequent exploration of figuration... ”
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Michael Werner, London

“ ..Since the emergence of his first mature paintings in the mid-1960s, Lüpertz stands as a polarizing figure, an uncompromising artist who consistently ignores the proscriptions of the zeitgeist to form his... ”
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Michael Werner, London

“ ..Inherently a heretic artist, Lüpertz works in opposition to known aesthetic categories so as to construct a zone of painting in which significance unfolds in terms of relational difference... ”
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