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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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She dreamed of constructing
a monumental building, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

She dreamed of constructing a monumental building,

Towards the end of the first world war, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Towards the end of the first world war,

The Kröller-Müller's finances nose dived - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

The Kröller-Müller's finances nose dived

In the following years,
Helene was often depressed, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In the following years, Helene was often depressed,

In the end, the museum was
built on a more modest scale, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In the end, the museum was built on a more modest scale,

Based on a project by a Belgian architect, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Based on a project by a Belgian architect,

Helene died in 1939, a year
after the museum opened. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Helene died in 1939, a year after the museum opened.

In a letter to Sam, she wrote, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In a letter to Sam, she wrote,

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

(dramatic music)

But now her collection is in demand, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

But now her collection is in demand,

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

(dramatic music)

These drawings, for example, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

These drawings, for example,

They are taken out of their drawers - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

They are taken out of their drawers

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

(dramatic music)

Before traveling, they must
be meticulously examined. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Before traveling, they must be meticulously examined.

A report is drafted about their condition, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

A report is drafted about their condition,

It is essential that the canvas
is not damaged by moving. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

It is essential that the canvas is not damaged by moving.

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

(dramatic music)

And it's going to Vicenza in the fall. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And it's going to Vicenza in the fall.

I'm now removing the
degraded yellow varnish, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

I'm now removing the degraded yellow varnish,

In this painting van Gogh used a lot of - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In this painting van Gogh used a lot of

In the background, you can see very, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In the background, you can see very,

And the nice thing about this painting is, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And the nice thing about this painting is,

A lot of his materials,
he used have degraded - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

A lot of his materials, he used have degraded

And the background of this painting - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And the background of this painting

So, you can still have a glimpse - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

So, you can still have a glimpse

(snapping staple gun) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(snapping staple gun)

It is one of the most beautiful buildings - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

It is one of the most beautiful buildings

The works from the Kroller-Mueller Museum - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

The works from the Kroller-Mueller Museum

In 1880, Van Gogh was 27 years old. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In 1880, Van Gogh was 27 years old.

It was here that he decided
to become an artist. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

It was here that he decided to become an artist.

His experience as a lay
preacher among the workers - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

His experience as a lay preacher among the workers

His first paintings, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

His first paintings,

Dark faces, furrowed by fatigue, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Dark faces, furrowed by fatigue,

One of the most important
works of this period, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

One of the most important works of this period,

Vincent however, chose to
recommend to Mr. Herman's - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Vincent however, chose to recommend to Mr. Herman's

One of which was the
peasants planting potatoes, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

One of which was the peasants planting potatoes,

They obviously included
French realist painters, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

They obviously included French realist painters,

It's a crucial painting, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

It's a crucial painting,

The first blues that light up the sky - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

The first blues that light up the sky

[Narrator] The peasant's
movements and faces - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

[Narrator] The peasant's movements and faces

At the open air museum in Arnhem, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

At the open air museum in Arnhem,

[Marco] One of the
painters that Van Gogh - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

[Marco] One of the painters that Van Gogh

There's a saw, an image
of a saw that we edited, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

There's a saw, an image of a saw that we edited,

So he gives these people
a very high status, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

So he gives these people a very high status,

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

(sweeping orchestral)

He dressed very simply himself - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He dressed very simply himself

They are closer to what
is essential in life. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

They are closer to what is essential in life.

They work in the ground, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

They work in the ground,

So they are very close to the cycle of, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

So they are very close to the cycle of,

[Narrator] The world of
peasants often crops up - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

[Narrator] The world of peasants often crops up

[Vincent] Being a laborer, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

[Vincent] Being a laborer,

I can't do anything else - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

I can't do anything else

It's always very tempting
to draw a figure at rest. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

It's always very tempting to draw a figure at rest.

But the truth is, that there's
more toil than rest in life. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

But the truth is, that there's more toil than rest in l...

The man from the bottom of the abyss, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

The man from the bottom of the abyss,

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

(sweeping orchestral)

[Narrator] In the
blackened faces of the miners - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

[Narrator] In the blackened faces of the miners

Perhaps it was also because
his father Theodoros, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Perhaps it was also because his father Theodoros,

His father and mother named him Vincent, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

His father and mother named him Vincent,

A replacement son, Vincent, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

A replacement son, Vincent,

How much did this knowledge - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

How much did this knowledge

(bells tolling) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(bells tolling)

I also read the Bible sometimes, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

I also read the Bible sometimes,

All that dribble about good and evil, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

All that dribble about good and evil,

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

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

She would later discover the
same rebellion against dogma - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

She would later discover the same rebellion against dogma

Religion played an enormous
role in the family, Van Gogh. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Religion played an enormous role in the family, Van Gogh.

It was a kind of enlightened
kind of Protestantism, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

It was a kind of enlightened kind of Protestantism,

But, Van Gogh at a
certain point in his life, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

But, Van Gogh at a certain point in his life,

Van Gogh became very, very Christian. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Van Gogh became very, very Christian.

Very much focused on the
Bible in a way that his family - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Very much focused on the Bible in a way that his family

And in a sense, what he does with his art, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And in a sense, what he does with his art,

Van Gogh wants to mean something, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Van Gogh wants to mean something,

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

Only in that I have a certain obligation - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Only in that I have a certain obligation

Not done to please some movement or other, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Not done to please some movement or other,

I see myself in a similar way, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

I see myself in a similar way,

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

So, from the moment he
decided to be an artist, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

So, from the moment he decided to be an artist,

In the first two years as an
artist, between 1880 and 1881, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In the first two years as an artist, between 1880 and 1881,

He only practiced drawing, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He only practiced drawing,

Today, he is known as one of
the greatest masters of color, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Today, he is known as one of the greatest masters of color,

What very few people know is
how good a draftsman he was, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

What very few people know is how good a draftsman he was,

These drawings, they are not functioning - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

These drawings, they are not functioning

They are artworks in themselves - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

They are artworks in themselves

So, the drawings are not
exposed so much, but in fact, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

So, the drawings are not exposed so much, but in fact,

He was a fantastic painter,
but he was also a very, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He was a fantastic painter, but he was also a very,

Van Gogh started as an artist, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Van Gogh started as an artist,

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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

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

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ImdbRating: 7.0

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Released: 09 Apr 2018

Awards: 1 nomination

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