Joseph Beuys (1921-05-12 – 1986-01-23) was a German Conceptual artist who produced work in a number of forms including sculpture, performance art, video art and installations. He was inspired by the ideas of w:Rudolph Steiner and the French artist Yves Klein. Beuys was an important teacher of famous neo-expressionist German artists as w:Jörg Immendorff, Walter Dahn and Kiefer and held a lot of lectures in the U.S. Beuys enlarged the area of art to the whole life of mankind; everybody is an artist.
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