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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

"But does that make me an atheist?" And this is what Helene said, referring to Van Gogh

"But does that make me an atheist?" And this is what Helene said, referring to Van Gogh

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"But does that make me an atheist?"
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And this is what Helene said,
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referring to Van Gogh.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:32
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.
"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
About 20 years after the painter died, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
About 20 years after the painter died,
(dramatic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
(dramatic music)
And it was a dream come true for Helene Kröller-Müller, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:16
And it was a dream come true for Helene Kröller-Müller,
[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