Anselm Kiefer, born March 8, 1945 ... the Tate Modern in London, and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, among others. Notable private collectors include Eli Broad and Andrew J. Hall.

Much of Anselm Kiefer’s art is inspired by philosophy, poetry and religious texts. By writing on his canvases, photographs and other works on paper, Kiefer establishes associations between the realm ...

Although Anselm Kiefer is best known for his monumental history paintings, his early work of the late 1960s was influenced by contemporary developments in performance and conceptual art in West ...

In the late 1960s Anselm Kiefer was one of a number of young German artists who explored the possibilities of coming to terms with their country’s Nazi past by confronting the taboo placed on the ...

This picture shows Anselm Kiefer giving the Hitler salute in front a landscape that recalls the motifs of nineteenth-century German romantic painting. With his crumpled baggy jacket and pants, his ...