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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He dressed very simply himself and he tried to identifyhimself with the simple folks,...

He dressed very simply himself and he tried to identify
himself with the simple folks, because he thought they
are closer to nature

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He dressed very simply himself
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and he tried to identify himself with the simple folks,
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because he thought they are closer to nature.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:53
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.
They are closer to what is essential in life. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
They are closer to what is essential in life.
They work in the ground, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
They work in the ground,
So they are very close to the cycle of, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
So they are very close to the cycle of,
[Narrator] The world of peasants often crops up - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
[Narrator] The world of peasants often crops up
[Vincent] Being a laborer, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
[Vincent] Being a laborer,
I can't do anything else - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
I can't do anything else
It's always very tempting to draw a figure at rest. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
It's always very tempting to draw a figure at rest.
But the truth is, that there's more toil than rest in life. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
But the truth is, that there's more toil than rest in l...
The man from the bottom of the abyss, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:18
The man from the bottom of the abyss,
(sweeping orchestral) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:26
(sweeping orchestral)
[Narrator] In the blackened faces of the miners - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:17
[Narrator] In the blackened faces of the miners
Perhaps it was also because his father Theodoros, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
Perhaps it was also because his father Theodoros,
His father and mother named him Vincent, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
His father and mother named him Vincent,
A replacement son, Vincent, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
A replacement son, Vincent,
How much did this knowledge - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
How much did this knowledge
(bells tolling) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
(bells tolling)
I also read the Bible sometimes, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:15
I also read the Bible sometimes,
All that dribble about good and evil, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
All that dribble about good and evil,
(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
(gentle music)
(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:15
(gentle music)