Richard Calvocoressi is currently a director at Gagosian Gallery, and is a former Director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. He wrote the catalogue text for Baselitz’s first exhibition in a commercial gallery in London, and in 1983 was author of the main catalogue essay for his first retrospective in Britain at the Whitechapel Gallery. As curator responsible for German art at Tate, Calvocoressi was instrumental in the acquisition of his works for the UK national collection.

• Introduction • 1. Early Years: Third Reich and East Germany 1938 – 1956 • 2. West Berlin: Finding a Voice 1957 – 1965 • 3. Rural isolation: Osthoven and Forst 1966 – 1974 • 4. Schloss Derneburg: from New York to the Venice Biennale 1975 – 1980 • 5. International recognition: from A New Spirit in Painting to the fall of the Wall 1981 – 1989 • 6. Reunification and reassessment 1990 – 2004 • 7. Remix: mortality and later work 2005 –

'Brilliantly illustrated and documented by the fine narrative provided here by esteemed author and interlocutor Richard Calvocoressi' - The World of Interiors

Richard Calvocoressi is currently a director at Gagosian Gallery, and is a former Director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. He wrote the catalogue text for Baselitz’s first exhibition in a commercial gallery in London, and in 1983 was author of the main catalogue essay for his first retrospective in Britain at the Whitechapel Gallery. As curator responsible for German art at Tate, Calvocoressi was instrumental in the acquisition of his works for the UK national collection.

• Introduction • 1. Early Years: Third Reich and East Germany 1938 – 1956 • 2. West Berlin: Finding a Voice 1957 – 1965 • 3. Rural isolation: Osthoven and Forst 1966 – 1974 • 4. Schloss Derneburg: from New York to the Venice Biennale 1975 – 1980 • 5. International recognition: from A New Spirit in Painting to the fall of the Wall 1981 – 1989 • 6. Reunification and reassessment 1990 – 2004 • 7. Remix: mortality and later work 2005 –

'Brilliantly illustrated and documented by the fine narrative provided here by esteemed author and interlocutor Richard Calvocoressi' - The World of Interiors

Richard Calvocoressi is currently a director at Gagosian Gallery, and is a former Director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. He wrote the catalogue text for Baselitz’s first exhibition in a commercial gallery in London, and in 1983 was author of the main catalogue essay for his first retrospective in Britain at the Whitechapel Gallery. As curator responsible for German art at Tate, Calvocoressi was instrumental in the acquisition of his works for the UK national collection.

• Introduction • 1. Early Years: Third Reich and East Germany 1938 – 1956 • 2. West Berlin: Finding a Voice 1957 – 1965 • 3. Rural isolation: Osthoven and Forst 1966 – 1974 • 4. Schloss Derneburg: from New York to the Venice Biennale 1975 – 1980 • 5. International recognition: from A New Spirit in Painting to the fall of the Wall 1981 – 1989 • 6. Reunification and reassessment 1990 – 2004 • 7. Remix: mortality and later work 2005 –

'Brilliantly illustrated and documented by the fine narrative provided here by esteemed author and interlocutor Richard Calvocoressi' - The World of Interiors