Van Gogh’s influence permeates Kiefer’s career, and is most evident in this colossal painting, stretching nearly 28 feet long ...

German artist Anselm Kiefer, known for work confronting his ... So, it feels a little bit like an anti-war statement," said the smiling German, dressed all in black apart from a white shirt.

Anselm Kiefer’s seven-ton “Breaking of the Vessels” is one of the artist’s many manic dissections of German history. It’s a shocking thing to come across in an art museum. Anselm Kiefer ...

(AP Photo/Peter Dejong) AMSTERDAM (AP) — 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.