Sigmar Polke
Painting, Visual Artist
1941 – 2010
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Who was Sigmar Polke?
Sigmar Polke was a German painter and photographer.
Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matters and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s, when he produced abstract works created by chance through chemical reactions between paint and other products. In the last 20 years of his life, he produced paintings focused on historical events and perceptions of them.
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- Born
- Feb 13, 1941
Oleśnica - Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Died
- Jun 11, 2010
Cologne
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on July 23, 2013
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