Anselm Kiefer

Place: Donaueschingen

Born: 1945

Biography:

Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor, born on 8 March 1945 in Donaueschingen, Germany. He studied with Peter Dreher and Horst Antes at the end of the 1960s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. The poems of Paul Celan have played a role in developing Kiefer's themes of German history and the horrors of the Holocaust. His works are characterized by an unflinching willingness to confront his culture's dark past and unrealized potential, often on a large, confrontational scale. Kiefer has lived and worked in France since 1992.