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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

He only practiced drawing, which for him meant gettingto the root of forms and therefore...

He only practiced drawing, which for him meant getting
to the root of forms and therefore of life

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He only practiced drawing,
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which for him meant getting to the root of forms
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and therefore of life.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:33
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
Today, he is known as one of the greatest masters of color, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
Today, he is known as one of the greatest masters of color,
What very few people know is how good a draftsman he was, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
What very few people know is how good a draftsman he was,
These drawings, they are not functioning - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
These drawings, they are not functioning
They are artworks in themselves - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
They are artworks in themselves
So, the drawings are not exposed so much, but in fact, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
So, the drawings are not exposed so much, but in fact,
He was a fantastic painter, but he was also a very, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
He was a fantastic painter, but he was also a very,
Van Gogh started as an artist, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Van Gogh started as an artist,
And he knew that drawing was seen - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
And he knew that drawing was seen
So, if you wanted to become a good painter, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
So, if you wanted to become a good painter,
(people chattering) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
(people chattering)
The lessons held here since 1711, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
The lessons held here since 1711,
The Academy of the Arts of drawing in Florence, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
The Academy of the Arts of drawing in Florence,
Professor George Mayer, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Professor George Mayer,
No one ever have dreamed that he would become Van Gogh, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
No one ever have dreamed that he would become Van Gogh,
(gentle piano) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
(gentle piano)
Van Gogh wanted to devote himself to painting, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Van Gogh wanted to devote himself to painting,
In the teaching methods, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
In the teaching methods,
(dramatic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
(dramatic music)
It's working one's way through an invisible iron wall, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
It's working one's way through an invisible iron w...
How can one get through that wall, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
How can one get through that wall,