Sigmar Polke (13 February 1941 – 10 June 2010) was a German painter and photographer. Polke was born in Silesia, Germany, in 1941 and was the seventh in a family of eight children. Polke began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles and materials in his work. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s. Polke created a lot of abstract work by experimenting with mixing paints with chemicals and other materials and products. In the last 20 years of his life, he produced paintings focused on historical events and perceptions of them.
Treehouse 1976
205 x 298 cm
Private collection, Hamburg
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