Anselm Kiefer: A Sculptor of German Memory Born in Donaueschingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on March 8, 1945, Anselm Kiefer’s life and art are inextricably linked to the weighty history of his nation. Raised near the Rhine River in the Black Forest, he was named after the classical painter Anselm Feuerbach – a deliberate homage that foreshadowed his lifelong engagement with German culture, myth, and its often-troubled past. From an early age, Kiefer envisioned himself as an artist, a pursuit solidified through studies at the University of Freiburg and the Karlsruhe Academy, where he found…