A member of the German collective Zero Group, he hammered thousands of nails — into columns, chairs, canvases — expressing ...

More than 200 people gathered on Saturday to bid farewell to sculptor Günther Uecker, one of the most important German ...

He was 95. German news agency dpa reported that his family confirmed he died at the university hospital in his hometown of Düsseldorf in western Germany Tuesday night. They did not give a cause of ...

Germany's trade with Russia has lost significance since the war in Ukraine began, with imports from Russia decreasing by 95%. Meanwhile, renowned German "nail artist" Günther Uecker passed away ...

A leading voice in German post-war art, Uecker's work turned acts of destruction into powerful symbols of peace and reflection.

But Uecker, who wanted to study under his artistic idol Otto Pankok, fled East Germany in 1953 and transferred to the University of Dusseldorf.

While he became famous for using a hammer instead of a brush to "paint with nails", Uecker, considered one of Germany's most influential artists, later also used other materials, from sand to ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier hailed Uecker as "one of Germany's most important post-war artists" who broke new ground and, "with his nail reliefs, blurred our visual perceptions".

BERLIN: German artist Günther Uecker, one of the country’s most important post-war artists who was world-famous for his large-format nail reliefs, has died. He was 95.