- Madame Tussauds Berlin, Culture
Interesting facts about Joseph Beuys
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Joseph Beuys dropped out of school one year before he could finish his degree to move around with a travelling circus. He worked as the animal care taker and distributed posters and flyers for a year before he returned to school.
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Joseph Beuys studied painting and sculping at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf. In 1953 he held his first exhibition of sculptures and drawings in Kranenburg and in Wuppertal.
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From 1961 until 1972 he worked as a professor at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf. One year later he, among others, founded the “Free International University” (FIU).
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Beuys worked a lot with felt. That`s why the wall behind him is also covered with this material.
