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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And it is from Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, that he wrote to Theo, that he had made the...

And it is from Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, that he wrote to Theo, that he had made the right
choice for his painting by moving down to Provence

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And it is from Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,
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that he wrote to Theo,
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that he had made the right choice for his painting
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by moving down to Provence.
Duration
8 seconds
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19
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:32
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
[Narrator] No one knows for sure why Van Gogh, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
[Narrator] No one knows for sure why Van Gogh,
Certainly his passion for Japanese prince , - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
Certainly his passion for Japanese prince ,
In these Southern landscapes, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
In these Southern landscapes,
He also hoped that other painters would soon join him, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
He also hoped that other painters would soon join him,
The failure of this dream would play a large role - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
The failure of this dream would play a large role
He found an atmosphere that suited what he wanted to do. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
He found an atmosphere that suited what he wanted to do.
And you see in Arles, how he comes strongly inspired by - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
And you see in Arles, how he comes strongly inspired by
So, he started to paint all of that, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
So, he started to paint all of that,
In Arles, he discovers that the way - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
In Arles, he discovers that the way
And he develops his own style of, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
And he develops his own style of,
So, that makes it a very expressive way of painting - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
So, that makes it a very expressive way of painting
And he really used everything he could, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
And he really used everything he could,
So that's why he used this physical - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
So that's why he used this physical
(dramatic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
(dramatic music)
I could do another painting tonight even, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
I could do another painting tonight even,
If I tell you that it's very urgent - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
If I tell you that it's very urgent
Three large tubes Prussian blue, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
Three large tubes Prussian blue,
(dramatic uplifting music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
(dramatic uplifting music)
He also painted portraits of people - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
He also painted portraits of people
Vincent met the soldier on leave in June, 1888 - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
Vincent met the soldier on leave in June, 1888