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Sigmar Polke (1941–2010) was a German photographer, painter, sculptor, and designer. Born in Oleśnica, he was educated at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. His artistic practice encompassed capitalist realism, still life, figurative art, abstract art, and the pop art movement. Polke worked in Willich, Düsseldorf, Cologne, and Hamburg. He participated in Documenta 5 and documenta 7 and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Polke died in Cologne of cancer. He is buried at Melaten-Friedhof. His notable works include *Stenoblock 1970* and *Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Skizzenbücher, 1962-1988*. He spoke German.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 53
Top works
- Stenoblock 1970
- Sigmar Polke, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Skizzenbücher, 1962-1988
- Source and Stimulus
- Sigmar Polke
- Sigmar Polke
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 44
- Cited by
- 5
Research areas
Most cited works
- Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures2009 · 4 cit
- Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper 1963-19741999 · 1 cit
- Sigmar Polke: Wir Kleinbürger! : Zeitgenossen und Zeitgenossinnen : die 1970er Jahre2009 · 0 cit
- Sigmar Polke : Musik ungeklärter Herkunft : [40 Gouachen im Format 70 x 100 cm aus dem Jahre 1996, gemalt für das Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen1997 · 0 cit
- Sigmar Polke - Achsenzeit, Axial age2009 · 0 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Neoclassical transport of impurities in tokamak plasmas
· 1981 · cited 1,084x
- Biallelic expansion of an intronic repeat in RFC1 is a common cause of late-onset ataxia
· 2019 · cited 521x
- BMP signaling controls muscle mass
· 2013 · cited 413x
- Acute appendicitis is characterised by local invasion with
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· 2009 · cited 392x
- Clinical implications of genetic advances in Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
· 2013 · cited 310x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1941-02-13 ) 13 February 1941, Oels, Germany , (now Oleśnica , Poland )
- Died
- 10 June 2010 (2010-06-10) (aged 69), Cologne , Germany
- Education
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Known for
- Painting, Photography
- Movement
- Capitalist realism
- Awards
- Rubens Prize of the City of Siegen (2007)
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Sigmar Polke, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Sigmar Polke (13 February 1941 – 10 June 2010) 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 his perception of historical events.
Life
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