But take a look at Kiefer's 2019 “The Crows,” alongside Van Gogh's 1890 “Wheatfield with Crows,” and the inspiration for the German's work jumps from the wall. The brooding black birds ...

Anselm Kiefer, who turns 80 this weekend, travelled in Van Gogh’s footsteps when he was ... he asks. “Not the wheatfield, not the romantic memory of a specific summer’s day.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s a bold artist who places himself alongside Van Gogh, but Anselm Kiefer never lacked audacity.

AMSTERDAM — When he was just 17 years old, German artist Anselm Kiefer retraced the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh from the Netherlands through Belgium and into France. Now, more than half a ...