Sigmar Polke

German artist (1941-2010)

Sigmar Polke (13 February 1941 – 10 June 2010) was a German painter and photographer. He used many styles, subject matters and materials in his career. In the 1970s, he focus on photography, before coming back to painting in the 1980s. In the last 20 years of his life, he made paintings based on historical events and how he view them.