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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

For Vincent Van Gogh, portraits are not merelythe faithful representation of a person's...

For Vincent Van Gogh, portraits are not merely
the faithful representation of a person's features, but they are also a distortion
of the person's features to reach their very soul

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For Vincent Van Gogh,
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portraits are not merely the faithful representation
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of a person's features,
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but they are also a distortion of the person's features
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to reach their very soul.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
01:04:44
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.
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,
There's one person here who has been shouting - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
There's one person here who has been shouting
He thinks he hears voices and words - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
He thinks he hears voices and words
Anyway, I'm trying to get better now, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
Anyway, I'm trying to get better now,
[Marco] This large model, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
[Marco] This large model,
At the foot of the small mountain range, of the Alps. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
At the foot of the small mountain range, of the Alps.
Following Vincent's repeated episodes, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
Following Vincent's repeated episodes,
In the year he spent in Saint-Rémy, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
In the year he spent in Saint-Rémy,