Anselm Kiefer

This week the RA welcomes the works of German artist Anselm Kiefer: from intimate watercolours and artist’s books, to vast paintings, complex sculpture, and installations on a monumental scale.

Anselm Kiefer painting: Oil, acrylic and emulsion on canvas with applied lead. 161 x 110 inches. (Just thinking this is over 13 feet high . . .)

View Mutatuli (1990) By Kiefer Anselm; mixed media in an artist's frame; 220 x 120 x 4 cm; 86,6 x 47 1/4 x 1 9/16 in; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

View Schechina (1999) By Kiefer Anselm; Oil, emulsion, acrylic, lead and aluminum wire cage on canvas; 330 x 190 cm.; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

Anselm Kiefer

Childrens clothings, part of an artwork by Anselm Kiefer. Stolen - don`t take fotos in a museum ;-)

Politics, history, money – and alchemy. The provocative artist gives our visual arts critic a tour of his studio

Born in Germany just months before the final European battle of World War II, Anselm Kiefer grew up witnessing the results of modern warfare and the division of his homeland. He also experienced the rebuilding of a fragmented nation and its struggle for renewal. Kiefer dedicated himself to investigating the interwoven patterns of German mythology …