When he was 17 years old, German artist Anselm Kiefer retraced the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh from the Netherlands ... But ...

AMSTERDAM — When he was just 17 years old, German artist Anselm Kiefer retraced the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh ... Crows,” alongside Van Gogh’s 1890 “Wheatfield with Crows,” and ...

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.

(AP Photo/Peter Dejong) AMSTERDAM (AP) — When he was just 17 years old, German artist Anselm Kiefer retraced the footsteps of Vincent ... alongside Van Gogh's 1890 “Wheatfield with Crows ...

Thankfully, THE LUME Melbourne has brought back its Van Gogh experience ... you’re standing in a golden wheat field under the same sun Vincent painted over a century ago.

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 ...