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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

For many scholars, the work conveys a sense of imminent death

For many scholars, the work conveys a sense of imminent death

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For many scholars, the work conveys
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a sense of imminent death.
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5 seconds
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28
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:13
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
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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.
[Marco] On the evening of the 20th of April 1890, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
[Marco] On the evening of the 20th of April 1890,
Van Gogh kept this image in mind and just one month later, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Van Gogh kept this image in mind and just one month later,
This painting contains all the elements of Van Gogh's - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:15
This painting contains all the elements of Van Gogh's
It is all about the relationship between the earth - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
It is all about the relationship between the earth
And then there's the wheat field here on the left side, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
And then there's the wheat field here on the left side,
The carriage, and these two figures - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:18
The carriage, and these two figures
The dimension of the landscape, in its sense of infinity. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
The dimension of the landscape, in its sense of infinity.
(gentle piano music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
(gentle piano music)
[Narrator] Helene too would drift off into infinity - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
[Narrator] Helene too would drift off into infinity
She would look at still life with lemons - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
She would look at still life with lemons
She wrote that in this painting, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
She wrote that in this painting,
The presence of a divine principle in the world. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
The presence of a divine principle in the world.
Among her favorites was La Berceuse, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
Among her favorites was La Berceuse,
In reality, the lady was the wife of a postman, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
In reality, the lady was the wife of a postman,
Helene imagined La Berceuse as a comforting woman, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
Helene imagined La Berceuse as a comforting woman,
(soft music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
(soft music)
Besides her favorite Van Gogh, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
Besides her favorite Van Gogh,
Anton Kröller, the husband of Helene - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Anton Kröller, the husband of Helene
And in the end, Helene decided that she wanted - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
And in the end, Helene decided that she wanted
And, the main reason for this remarkable choice - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:15
And, the main reason for this remarkable choice