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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(birds chirping) (dramatic orchestral) Van Gogh desired love, but he lived and died alone

(birds chirping) (dramatic orchestral) [Narrator] Van Gogh desired love, but he lived and died alone

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(dramatic orchestral)
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[Narrator] Van Gogh desired love,
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but he lived and died alone.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:17
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.
He searched for infinity, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
He searched for infinity,
And one Sunday at the end of July, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
And one Sunday at the end of July,
It happened here, in Auvers-sur-Oise, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
It happened here, in Auvers-sur-Oise,
(inquisitive music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
(inquisitive music)
Affection, recognition, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
Affection, recognition,
Someone recognized themselves, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
Someone recognized themselves,
(speaking in a foreign language) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
(speaking in a foreign language)
She was one of the richest women in the Netherlands - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
She was one of the richest women in the Netherlands
(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
(gentle music)
This story brings together the lives of two people - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
This story brings together the lives of two people
Helene Kröller-Müller saw something of herself - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
Helene Kröller-Müller saw something of herself
Like him, she wrote hundreds of letters - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Like him, she wrote hundreds of letters
Both wanted much more from religion, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
Both wanted much more from religion,
In 1881, Van Gogh talking about the church wrote, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
In 1881, Van Gogh talking about the church wrote,
"Look, I find the clergyman's God, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
"Look, I find the clergyman's God,
"But does that make me an atheist?" - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
"But does that make me an atheist?"
"Like him, I couldn't believe in the God - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
"Like him, I couldn't believe in the God
"He was a sham God. " - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
"He was a sham God. "
(dramatic orchestral) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
(dramatic orchestral)
Helene began buying paintings - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
Helene began buying paintings