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His wretchedness and his greatness
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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

His wretchedness and his greatness are reflected in his letters, as well as in his...

His wretchedness and his greatness are reflected in his letters, as well as in his extraordinary paintings and are told through the words of those who have studied him for a long time, like Leo Jansen who edited his letters

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His wretchedness and his greatness
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are reflected in his letters,
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as well as in his extraordinary paintings
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and are told through the words of those
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who have studied him for a long time,
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like Leo Jansen who edited his letters.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:41
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.
It's very difficult to say why Vincent Van Gogh - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
It's very difficult to say why Vincent Van Gogh
What really contributed to art and art history - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
What really contributed to art and art history
He had his own thoughts and ideas, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
He had his own thoughts and ideas,
And, he went further than anybody else did at the time. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
And, he went further than anybody else did at the time.
One of the most important ingredients - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
One of the most important ingredients
He wanted to, to give an expression to the subjects - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
He wanted to, to give an expression to the subjects
And what he aimed at, was moving people. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
And what he aimed at, was moving people.
(upbeat orchestral) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:16
(upbeat orchestral)
(melancholic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
(melancholic music)
First would come the drawings and then the oil paintings, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
First would come the drawings and then the oil paintings,
From the autumn of 1872, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
From the autumn of 1872,
From the Hague, July 21st 1882, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
From the Hague, July 21st 1882,
"What I want and set as my goal is damn difficult, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:22
"What I want and set as my goal is damn difficult,
"That man feels deeply, and that man feels subtly" - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
"That man feels deeply, and that man feels subtly"
A non-entity, or an oddity, or a disagreeable person, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
A non-entity, or an oddity, or a disagreeable person,
Very well, assuming that everything is indeed like that. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
Very well, assuming that everything is indeed like that.
Then through my work, I'd like to show what there is - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
Then through my work, I'd like to show what there is
[Narrator] An infinite ocean of plant life, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
[Narrator] An infinite ocean of plant life,
In the large Hoge Veluwe Park, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
In the large Hoge Veluwe Park,
Marco Goldin, the exhibition's curator, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
Marco Goldin, the exhibition's curator,