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Anselm Kiefer

1945 - Today

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Anselm Kiefer (born 8 March 1945) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anselm Kiefer is the 174th most popular painter (up from 183rd in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 464th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Painter.

Anselm Kiefer is a German artist who is most famous for his paintings and sculptures.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Anselm Kiefer ranks 174 out of 2,023. Before him are Umberto Boccioni, Jacob Jordaens, Tamara de Lempicka, Theo van Gogh, Maurice de Vlaminck, and James Ensor. After him are Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Bartolomeo, John Everett Millais, Giulio Romano, Hugo van der Goes, and Anton Raphael Mengs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Anselm Kiefer ranks 43. Before him are Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Moshe Katsav, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Dusty Rhodes, Mircea Lucescu, and Divine. After him are Mia Farrow, Adly Mansour, Goldie Hawn, Dési Bouterse, James Avery, and Alan Ball Jr..

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anselm Kiefer ranks 443 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Bloch (1885), Michael Haneke (1942), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Karl Drais (1785), Conradin (1252), and Hedwig of Silesia (1174). After him are Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Adam of Bremen (1100), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Valentinian II (371), and Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (1660).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Anselm Kiefer ranks 13. Before him are Matthias Grünewald (1480), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Franz Marc (1880), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Emil Nolde (1867), and Otto Dix (1891). After him are Franz Stuck (1863), Gerhard Richter (1932), Hans von Aachen (1552), Hans Baldung (1484), Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), and Hendrik Goltzius (1558).

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