Anselm Kiefer: A Sculptor of German Memory Born in Donaueschingen, Baden-Württemberg, on March 8, 1945, Anselm Kiefer’s life and art are inextricably linked to the weighty history of Germany. Raised near the Rhine River in a region steeped in folklore and tradition, he developed from childhood a profound ambition: to become an artist – a desire fueled by his namesake, the nineteenth-century classical painter Anselm Feuerbach. This ear…