Anslem kiefer biography

1945

Born on March 8 in Donaueschingen, a small town in the Black Forest in south-western Germany where he spends his first years 6 years at his grandparents’ home

1951

Moves to Ottersdorf, Germany to live with his parents

1966

Kiefer spends three weeks at the convent Sainte-Marie de la Tourette in Eveux, France, where he experiences the religious life of the Dominicans.

The convent, built between 1953 and 1960 by Le Corbusier, introduced him to “the spirituality of concrete”

After a year of studying law and romance languages at the university in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, enrolls in the city’s School of Fine Arts and begins his artistic training under artist Peter Dreher

1968

Establishes his first studio in Karlsruhe, a city in south-western Germany

1969

Kiefer pursues his studies at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe under Horst Antes.

This same year, he performs a series of actions collectively called Besetzungen (&#