Artist: Anselm Kiefer (1945 - )
Nationality: German
Movement: Neo-Expressionism
Media: Painting, Printmaking
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Biography:
Originally a law student, Anselm Kiefer switched to art in 1965 and held his first solo exhibit in 1970. He studied under Joesph Beuys from 1970 to 1971, but did not conform to either the Minimalist or Conceptualist style that was developing at the time. Instead Kiefer created massive and dark paintings that explored German folklore and inspired by Caspar David Friedrich. In addition to paintings, Kiefer also produced drawings, prints, books and engravings.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (24)
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Das Buch (The Book), Anselm Kiefer (Germany, Donaueschingen, born 1945-03-08) , 1985, Lead, steel, and tin
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Anselm Kiefer - Zim Zum 1990 acrylic, emulsion, c National Gallery of Art German
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Anselm Kiefer - Wege I 1977 Oil and acrylic on p The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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Anselm Kiefer - Midgard 1982-85 oil, emulsion and ac Milwaukee Art Museum German
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Der Blocksberg, Anselm Kiefer (Germany, Donaueschingen, born 1945-03-08) , 1995, Gelatin-silver prints, acrylic, emulsion, ashes, fabric, and oil pastel
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Anselm Kiefer - Untitled 1987-88 oil, acrylic, emulsi Des Moines Art Center German
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Anselm Kiefer - Der Kyffhauser c. 1981 gelatin silver print Cleveland Museum of Art German
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Anselm Kiefer - The Book 1979-1985 oil, lead, photograp Hirshhorn Museum German
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Anselm Kiefer - Angel of History 1989 lead, glass, and pop National Gallery of Art German
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Anselm Kiefer - Lot's Wife 1989 oil paint, ash, stuc Cleveland Museum of Art German
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Anselm Kiefer, German, Born in 1945 Untitled 1984 Mixed media with lead on linen 280.7
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Bohemia Lies by the Sea, 1996 Anselm Kiefer (German, born 1945)Oil, emulsion, shellac, charcoal, and
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Anselm Kiefer, German, Born in 1945 Untitled, (Siegfried forgets Brunhilde) 1975-80 Acrylic and gel over
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Anselm Kiefer - Landscape with Wing (Landschaft mit Flugel) 1981 oil, straw, lead on Virginia Museum of Fine Arts German
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Anselm Kiefer - Isaiah: Grass Will Grow Over Your Cities 1999 Photo collage, sand, Norton Museum of Art German
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PORTRAIT D'UN MAGISTRAT (2e quart 17e siècle ; 3e quart 17e siècle) by HULLE Anselm Van (attribué)
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Anselm Keifer - Untitled 1980-86 oil, acrylic, emulsi North Carolina Museum of Art German
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Etude de femme nue, la main gauche derrière la tête (2e moitié 19e siècle) by FEUERBACH Anselm
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Leonard Baskin Thomas Anselm, fourth plate in the book, Icones librorum artifices ([Leeds, Mass.]: Gehenna Press, 1988) color etching 1988
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Two Men, Friedrich Press (1904 - 1990) , 1972, Charcoal
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Christ, Friedrich Press (1904 - 1990) , 1970, Charcoal
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Jacques Callot St. Theodore, Confessor, April 20; St. Agnes, Virgin, of Montepulciano, April 20; St. Anselm, Bishop of Canterbury, April 21; St. Opportuna, Virgin, April 22; thirty-third plate from the book, Les IMAGES DE TOUS/LES SAINCTS ET SAINTES
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Le Christ aux limbes (1867 vers) by CEZANNE Paul ; SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO (d'après)
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Compagne de Diane (1714) by FLAMEN Anselme, FLAMEN Père (dit)

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (14)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Landscapes by Klee and Kiefer
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Smart Museum of Art: Anselm Kiefer: Painting, Sculpture, Woodcuts, Books
Grab der Unbekannten Malers (1982) is one of many large-scale unique woodcuts by Kiefer, an important medium because of its ...
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: Anselm Kiefer: Paintings 1998-2000
While traveling in China, Kiefer encountered monumental sculptures of Mao everywhere, waving to his people. This journey inspired a series of paintings entitled Lasst tausend Blumen blühen (Let a Thousand Flower...
Seattle Art Museum: Anselm Kiefer and Germanic Tradition
This exhibition combines paintings, works on paper, and sculpture from SAMs permanent collection along with key loans. The other artists include Max Beckmann, Josef Breitenbach, Marcel Breuer, Lyonel Feininger, Markus Lüpertz, Albert Renger-Patzs...
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard: Surface Tension: Works by Anselm Kiefer
Raised in the Black Forest region of postwar West Germany, Kiefer (b. 1945) is best known for his monumental mixed-media canvases, which address Germanys fascist past as well as other themes from history, literature, and mythology. He attended the...
van Gogh Museum: Go(gh) Modern
The presentation is subdivided into four sections, each featuring a different aspect of Van Gogh's affect on contemporary art, and includes paintings, sculptures and videos by various artists and movements - from Appel and Kiefer to Nauman and War...
Art Scene China: Current Directions in Chinese Abstraction
Zhao Biru, who has been making art since she was a young child, studied art at the Wuxi Light Industrial Institute. Both she and Chen Xin Mao use a very thin Xian Chinese ink calligraphy paper, a traditional Chinese medium. Chen, however, comes fr...
National Gallery: Encounters: NEW art from OLD
The National Gallery has always been a resource for artists, and the Collection offers many examples of how artists in other times have wrestled with traditi...
Jewish Museum: Collective Perspectives: New Acquisitions Celebrate the Centennial
Poised at the intersection of art, history, and culture, the fine arts collection of the Museum explores the Jewish experience through the contributions of both Jewish and non-Jewish artists. Among the fine arts highlights in this exhibition are m...
Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College: Assemblance; If it's not love, it's the bomb
The selected works attempt to reconcile difficult histories through the resurrection of personal and cultural memories. This survey crosses experiential divides and examines the artists' continued proximity to the events they depict. Artists inclu...
Museum of Modern Art: Rober Storr Promoted to Senior Curator at the MOMA
The title of Senior Curator indicates exceptional merit, and is among the highest distinctions this Museum can offer, remarked Mr. Lowry. This promotion recognizes Robert Storrs tremendous contributions, both as an exhibition organizer, a...
Irish Museum of Modern Art: Francesco Clemente: New Works
Francesco Clemente first came to international attention as part of the Italian Transavanguardia group in the late 1970s and early ‘80s, a period which saw a renewed interest in painting internationally, evident in the success of artists such as J...
Irish Museum of Modern Art: Miquel Barcelo: The African Work
Miquel Barceló is renowned for the extraordinary diversity and originality of his work, which has ranged from a series of spectacular terracotta murals for a chapel in the cathedral in Palma de Mallorca to a mesmerizing performance piece/living sc...
Palazzo Ducale: Arti and Architettura: 1900 - 2000
A utopian adventure, encroaching sometimes into “archisculpture”, whose protagonists – artists and architects from Kazimir Malevich to Vladmir Tatlin, from Antonio Sant'Elia to Giuseppe Terragni, from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Piet Mondrian, f...

Further Artwork and Information:

Anselm Kiefer Online
WebMuseum: Kiefer, Anselm
Anselm Kiefer
Anselm Kiefer - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Anselm Kiefer im COMPUTERGARTEN am 8. März
Amazon.com: Books: Anselm Kiefer
Artdreamguide: Anselm Kiefer. Biografia di Anselm Kiefer (Vita di Anselm Kiefer)
ANSELM KIEFER
Amazon.com: Books: Anselm Kiefer
The Broad Art Foundation - The Collection - Anselm Kiefer

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