Anselm Kiefer

Origins

Anselm Kiefer is a German painter known for his expressive and monumental works. His style emerged in the late 1960s and is characterized by a combination of painting, sculpture, and assemblage techniques. Kiefer's artworks often explore themes of memory, history, and the collective German identity. He gained fame in the 1980s for his controversial series 'Heroic Symbols' which reinterpreted Nazi symbols to challenge Germany's past. Kiefer's works are renowned for their large-scale and textured surfaces, often featuring a mix of materials such as straw, clay, ashes, and lead.