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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And in a sense, what he does with his art, is what he tried to do with his religion

And in a sense, what he does with his art, is what he tried to do with his religion

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And in a sense, what he does with his art,
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is what he tried to do with his religion.
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:43:22
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Jun 27, 2025
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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.
Van Gogh wants to mean something, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
Van Gogh wants to mean something,
(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
(gentle music)
Only in that I have a certain obligation - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
Only in that I have a certain obligation
Not done to please some movement or other, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
Not done to please some movement or other,
I see myself in a similar way, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
I see myself in a similar way,
(soft music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
(soft music)
So, from the moment he decided to be an artist, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
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 00:08
In the first two years as an artist, between 1880 and 1881,
He only practiced drawing, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
He only practiced drawing,
Today, he is known as one of the greatest masters of color, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
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 00:08
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 00:08
These drawings, they are not functioning
They are artworks in themselves - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
They are artworks in themselves
So, the drawings are not exposed so much, but in fact, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
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 00:06
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 00:08
Van Gogh started as an artist,
And he knew that drawing was seen - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
And he knew that drawing was seen
So, if you wanted to become a good painter, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
So, if you wanted to become a good painter,
(people chattering) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
(people chattering)
The lessons held here since 1711, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
The lessons held here since 1711,