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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(dramatic music) At the momentI have a clear head or a lover's blindness towards my work,...

(dramatic music) [Vincent] At the moment
I have a clear head or a lover's blindness towards my work, because being surrounded
by color like this, is quite new to me and
excites me extraordinarily

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[Vincent] At the moment I have a clear head
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or a lover's blindness towards my work,
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because being surrounded by color like this,
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is quite new to me and excites me extraordinarily.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:36
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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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.
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
For Vincent Van Gogh, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
For Vincent Van Gogh,
In this picture, Milliet, is placed in a space - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
In this picture, Milliet, is placed in a space
[Vincent] In a painting, I'd like to say something - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
[Vincent] In a painting, I'd like to say something
I'd like to paint men, or women with their je ne sais quoi - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
I'd like to paint men, or women with their je ne sais q...
[Narrator] Meanwhile, Vincent's friend Gauguin - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
[Narrator] Meanwhile, Vincent's friend Gauguin
And the time that they were supposed to spend together, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
And the time that they were supposed to spend together,
After only two months of time together, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
After only two months of time together,
They drank Absinthe and a violent argument broke out. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
They drank Absinthe and a violent argument broke out.
Van Gogh took a razor and cut off the lobe of his left ear. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
Van Gogh took a razor and cut off the lobe of his left ear.
He wrapped it in newspaper - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
He wrapped it in newspaper
From that moment until his death, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
From that moment until his death,
[Vincent] The weather outside has been splendid - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
[Vincent] The weather outside has been splendid
I would need courage and I often lack it - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
I would need courage and I often lack it
The room where we stay on rainy days, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:19
The room where we stay on rainy days,