Anselm Kiefer: A Sculptor of 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 nod to a lineage he intended to continue. From childhood, Kiefer harbored an ambition to become an artist, a desire fueled by a deep engagement with German culture and its often-troubled past. His early studies at the University of Freiburg and the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsr…