Anselm Kiefer is a German artist born in 1945 who studied under Peter Dreher. He is known for large-scale paintings and installations that incorporate materials like shellac, straw, and ash. The document discusses some of Kiefer's works including "Aller Tage Abend, Aller Abende Tag" from 2014 which uses watercolor to depict atmospheric perspective, and "Morgenthau Plan" from 2012 which incorporates acrylic, emulsion, oil and shellac on a mounted photograph. It also briefly analyzes one untitled work depicting a naval battle and notes Kiefer's quote about finding a place between order and disorder in his paintings.

1. Anselm Kiefer
By Jess Kane

2. Biography
● born on March 8, 1945, in Donaueschingen,
Germany
● studied with Peter Dreher
● by Celan’s poem Todesfuge or Death Fugue
“Always find a place between Order and Disorder”
(Anselm Kiefer: ‘My Paintings Change’.)

3. Anselm Kiefer, aller Tage Abend, aller Abende Tag (The Evening of All Days, the Day of All Evenings) 2014 Watercolor on paper 33 x
24 ½ inches https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2017/anselm-kiefer-transition-from-cool-to-warm/

4. Deconstruction
This Piece uses color effectively to give atmospheric perspective to the work
It also uses linear perspective well and includes implied texture in the work in
order to help give off the representational image it wants to portray. With the color
reflecting off the “snow” to help push this idea.
Pattern helps give a more solid idea of what this painting is supposed to
represent.

5. Anselm Kiefer, Morgenthau Plan 2012, Acrylic, emulsion, oil, shellac on photograph mounted on canvas, 149 5/8 x 149 5/8
https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2013/anselm-kiefer-morgenthau-plan/

6. Anselm Kiefer, Battle at Sea,Medium and Size unknown
https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/wcm/connect/5935c585-f6bd-49a8-a320-
2f5c3f3b2543/i_6s.jpg?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-5935c585-f6bd-49a8-a320-2f5c3f3b2543-lL9cX9u

7. Work Cited
“Anselm Kiefer.” 128 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy, www.artsy.net/artist/anselm-kiefer.
“Anselm Kiefer.” Gagosian, 12 Apr. 2018, gagosian.com/artists/anselm-kiefer/.
“Anselm Kiefer: ‘My Paintings Change.’” · SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
www.sfmoma.org/watch/anselm-kiefer-my-paintings-change/.
Kiefer, Anselm. “Aller Tage Abend, Aller Abende Tag (The Evening of All Days, the Day of All
Evenings).” Transition from Cool to Warm, 2014,
gagosian.com/exhibitions/2017/anselm-kiefer-transition-from-cool-to-warm/.
Kiefer, Anselm. “Morgenthau Plan.” Morgenthau Plan, 2013,
gagosian.com/exhibitions/2013/anselm-kiefer-morgenthau-plan/.