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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

And, the main reason forthis remarkable choice was that she was convincedthat she could...

And, the main reason for
this remarkable choice was that she was convinced
that she could much better enjoy art, in the seclusion
and silence of nature, much better in the turmoil of the city

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And, the main reason for this remarkable choice
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was that she was convinced that she could much better
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enjoy art, in the seclusion and silence of nature,
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much better in the turmoil of the city.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:49
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
Her husband Anton Kroller, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
Her husband Anton Kroller,
She was 36 years old during lessons with her daughter, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
She was 36 years old during lessons with her daughter,
She discovered what would become her passion - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
She discovered what would become her passion
(gentle bright music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
(gentle bright music)
Helene wrote a lot of letters during her lifetime, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
Helene wrote a lot of letters during her lifetime,
So she was an avid letter writer, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
So she was an avid letter writer,
She describes why she loves art, what it, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
She describes why she loves art, what it,
(speaking in a foreign language) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
(speaking in a foreign language)
Van Gogh is the key and the antithesis to so much. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
Van Gogh is the key and the antithesis to so much.
One, that is based on Van Gogh - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
One, that is based on Van Gogh
(speaking in a foreign language) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
(speaking in a foreign language)
He was capable of this because, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
He was capable of this because,
His relevance does not consist of his works, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
His relevance does not consist of his works,
No, his relevance lies in touching the innermost reaches - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
No, his relevance lies in touching the innermost reaches
Something we may have felt unknowingly, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
Something we may have felt unknowingly,
Guiding us through the archive of Helene's letters, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
Guiding us through the archive of Helene's letters,
Like many Dutch people, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
Like many Dutch people,
At the time, her imagination was struck by the fact - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
At the time, her imagination was struck by the fact
So after graduation, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
So after graduation,
She spent four years with all these papers - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
She spent four years with all these papers