What is Anselm Kiefer?
'''Anselm Kiefer''' (born 8 March 1945) is a German painter and sculptor. ==Awards and prizes== * 1983 – Hans-Thoma-Preis (Baden-Württemberg) * 1985 – [[Carnegie Prize]] * 1990 – [[Wolf Prize in Arts]] * 1990 – Knight of [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] * 1990 – [[Goslarer Kaiserring]] * 1997 – International Prize by the Jury of the 47th [[Venice Biennale]] * 1999 – [[Praemium Imperiale]] (Japan) * 2002 – Officer of [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] * 2004 – Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] * 2005 – [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Merit Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (''Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse'') * 2005 – [[Austrian Decoration for Science and Art]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf|title=Reply to a parliamentary question|language=de|page=1708|access-date=27 November 2012}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Peace Prize of the German Book Trade]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boersenverein.de/de/96671?pid=199913|title=2008 winner: Anselm Kiefer|author=Spies, Werner|access-date=29 October 2010|publisher=Boersenverein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008185107/http://www.boersenverein.de/de/96671?pid=199913|archive-date=8 October 2010|url-status= live}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Adenauer-de Gaulle Prize]] (Paris, France/Berlin, Germany) * 2010 – Chair of Artistic Creation at the [[Collège de France]] * 2011 – [[:de:Berliner Bär (B.Z.-Kulturpreis)|Berliner Bär (B.Z.-Kulturpreis)]] * 2011 – [[Leo Baeck Medal]], [[Leo Baeck Institut]] of New York<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/newsroom/news/111212-rede-bm-leobaeck/248090 | title=Speech by Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at Leo Baeck Gala 2011 in New York }}</ref> * 2014 – [[Honorary doctorate]] in Philosophy, [[University of Turin]] * 2015 – Honorary doctorate in letters, [[University of St Andrews]] * 2015 – Honorary doctorate for general merit, [[University of Antwerp]] * 2017 – [[J. Paul Get