Anselm Kiefer ✓

(1945) painter France

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[Wikidata] German painter and sculptor (born 1945)... | [Wikipedia] Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor. 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 horror

About Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor. 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, as have the spiritual concepts of Kabbalah.

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Berliner Bär|Goslarer Kaiserring|Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association|Praemium Imperiale|Austrian Decoration for Science and Art|Leo-Baeck-Medal|Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg|Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo|Honorary Member of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts

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