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

And it was a dream come truefor Helene Kröller-Müller, its founders, who had...

And it was a dream come true
for Helene Kröller-Müller, its founders, who had been
collecting since 1906, 1907 and brought together
a marvelous collection of modern artworks and Vincent Van Gogh was her absolute favorite

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And it was a dream come true for Helene Kröller-Müller,
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its founders, who had been collecting since 1906,
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1907 and brought together a marvelous collection
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of modern artworks and Vincent Van Gogh
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was her absolute favorite.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:29
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

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.
[Narrator] It was a spiritual dimension of - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
[Narrator] It was a spiritual dimension of
They both shared an empathy for the meek, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
They both shared an empathy for the meek,
And so she built the Kroller-Mueller Museum, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
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 00:10
And it is here that the art historian Marco Goldin,
(sweeping orchestral) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
(sweeping orchestral)
When the paintings arrive in the city in the Veneto region, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:20
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 00:08
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 00:14
(speaking in a foreign language)
In his work he failed as an art dealer, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
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 00:12
And romantically, he was rejected by a cousin,
His wretchedness and his greatness - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:15
His wretchedness and his greatness
It's very difficult to say why Vincent Van Gogh - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
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 00:07
What really contributed to art and art history
He had his own thoughts and ideas, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
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 00:05
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 00:05
One of the most important ingredients
He wanted to, to give an expression to the subjects - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
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 00:05
And what he aimed at, was moving people.
(upbeat orchestral) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:16
(upbeat orchestral)
(melancholic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
(melancholic music)