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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

A new look at Van Gogh, through the legacy of the largest private collector of artworks by the Dutch painter: Helene Kröller-Müller (1869-1939), who, in the early 20th Century, ended up buying nearly 300 of his works.

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(birds chirping) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(birds chirping)

He searched for infinity, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He searched for infinity,

And one Sunday at the end of July, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And one Sunday at the end of July,

It happened here, in Auvers-sur-Oise, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

It happened here, in Auvers-sur-Oise,

(inquisitive music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(inquisitive music)

Affection, recognition, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Affection, recognition,

Someone recognized themselves, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Someone recognized themselves,

(speaking in a foreign language) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(speaking in a foreign language)

She was one of the richest
women in the Netherlands - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

She was one of the richest women in the Netherlands

(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

This story brings together
the lives of two people - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

This story brings together the lives of two people

Helene Kröller-Müller
saw something of herself - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Helene Kröller-Müller saw something of herself

Like him, she wrote hundreds of letters - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Like him, she wrote hundreds of letters

Both wanted much more from religion, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Both wanted much more from religion,

In 1881, Van Gogh talking
about the church wrote, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In 1881, Van Gogh talking about the church wrote,

"Look, I find the clergyman's God, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

"Look, I find the clergyman's God,

"But does that make me an atheist?" - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

"But does that make me an atheist?"

"Like him, I couldn't believe in the God - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

"Like him, I couldn't believe in the God

"He was a sham God. " - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

"He was a sham God. "

(dramatic orchestral) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(dramatic orchestral)

Helene began buying paintings - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Helene began buying paintings

About 20 years after the painter died, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

About 20 years after the painter died,

(dramatic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(dramatic music)

And it was a dream come true
for Helene Kröller-Müller, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And it was a dream come true for Helene Kröller-Müller,

[Narrator] It was a
spiritual dimension of - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

[Narrator] It was a spiritual dimension of

They both shared an empathy for the meek, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

They both shared an empathy for the meek,

And so she built the
Kroller-Mueller Museum, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And so she built the Kroller-Mueller Museum,

And it is here that the
art historian Marco Goldin, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And it is here that the art historian Marco Goldin,

(sweeping orchestral) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(sweeping orchestral)

When the paintings arrive in
the city in the Veneto region, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

When the paintings arrive in the city in the Veneto region,

A most unusual destiny for a
man who died in a small room, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

A most unusual destiny for a man who died in a small room,

(speaking in a foreign language) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(speaking in a foreign language)

In his work he failed as an art dealer, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In his work he failed as an art dealer,

And romantically, he was
rejected by a cousin, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And romantically, he was rejected by a cousin,

His wretchedness and his greatness - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

His wretchedness and his greatness

It's very difficult to
say why Vincent Van Gogh - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

It's very difficult to say why Vincent Van Gogh

What really contributed
to art and art history - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

What really contributed to art and art history

He had his own thoughts and ideas, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He had his own thoughts and ideas,

And, he went further than
anybody else did at the time. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And, he went further than anybody else did at the time.

One of the most important ingredients - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

One of the most important ingredients

He wanted to, to give an
expression to the subjects - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He wanted to, to give an expression to the subjects

And what he aimed at, was moving people. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And what he aimed at, was moving people.

(upbeat orchestral) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(upbeat orchestral)

(melancholic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(melancholic music)

First would come the drawings
and then the oil paintings, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

First would come the drawings and then the oil paintings,

From the autumn of 1872, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

From the autumn of 1872,

From the Hague, July 21st 1882, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

From the Hague, July 21st 1882,

"What I want and set as
my goal is damn difficult, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

"What I want and set as my goal is damn difficult,

"That man feels deeply,
and that man feels subtly" - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

"That man feels deeply, and that man feels subtly"

A non-entity, or an oddity,
or a disagreeable person, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

A non-entity, or an oddity, or a disagreeable person,

Very well, assuming that
everything is indeed like that. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Very well, assuming that everything is indeed like that.

Then through my work, I'd
like to show what there is - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Then through my work, I'd like to show what there is

[Narrator] An infinite
ocean of plant life, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

[Narrator] An infinite ocean of plant life,

In the large Hoge Veluwe Park, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In the large Hoge Veluwe Park,

Marco Goldin, the exhibition's curator, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Marco Goldin, the exhibition's curator,

Many of Vincent's most beautiful paintings - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Many of Vincent's most beautiful paintings

Between walls of trees
and expanses of sand - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Between walls of trees and expanses of sand

Its wild nature, the leaves, the light. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Its wild nature, the leaves, the light.

He might perhaps have seen God there, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He might perhaps have seen God there,

In the middle of the forest
is the Kröller-Müller Museum, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In the middle of the forest is the Kröller-Müller Museum,

An understated building
made of simple bricks - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

An understated building made of simple bricks

In the center, there are the rooms - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In the center, there are the rooms

A total of 88 paintings and 180 drawings, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

A total of 88 paintings and 180 drawings,

Helene saw the museum as
a temple, a sanctuary, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Helene saw the museum as a temple, a sanctuary,

And it is here that Goldin
begins to reveal the artist - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And it is here that Goldin begins to reveal the artist

Starting with a night time
image of the Place du Forum, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Starting with a night time image of the Place du Forum,

(dramatic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(dramatic music)

And when he wrote to his sister
on the 16th of September, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And when he wrote to his sister on the 16th of September,

In the same letter to his sister, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In the same letter to his sister,

But it could be said that
by painting a mistake, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

But it could be said that by painting a mistake,

Of course, a vision completely transformed - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Of course, a vision completely transformed

He explores it also in
depicting the reality - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He explores it also in depicting the reality

Represented in the
painting, the potato eaters. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Represented in the painting, the potato eaters.

An image that he wanted to
paint with the same colors, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

An image that he wanted to paint with the same colors,

[Marco] In April, 1885, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

[Marco] In April, 1885,

(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He must also make another
fundamental decision - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He must also make another fundamental decision

In the end, the choice
is the one we can see - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In the end, the choice is the one we can see

What he created is a
painting that gave him - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

What he created is a painting that gave him

He had effectively painted a Tableau, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He had effectively painted a Tableau,

The one that in Van Gogh's mind - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

The one that in Van Gogh's mind

(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

The title is "Country
Road in Provence by Night" - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

The title is "Country Road in Provence by Night"

Shortly after, he returned to the north - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Shortly after, he returned to the north

For many scholars, the work conveys - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

For many scholars, the work conveys

[Marco] On the evening
of the 20th of April 1890, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

[Marco] On the evening of the 20th of April 1890,

Van Gogh kept this image in
mind and just one month later, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Van Gogh kept this image in mind and just one month later,

This painting contains all
the elements of Van Gogh's - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

This painting contains all the elements of Van Gogh's

It is all about the
relationship between the earth - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

It is all about the relationship between the earth

And then there's the wheat
field here on the left side, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And then there's the wheat field here on the left side,

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A new look at Van Gogh, through the legacy of the largest private collector of artworks by the Dutch painter: Helene Kröller-Müller (1869-1939), who, in the early 20th Century, ended up buying nearly 300 of his works.

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Director: Giovanni Piscaglia

Writer: Matteo Moneta

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

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Released: 09 Apr 2018

Awards: 1 nomination

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