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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In the best romantic tradition, as if an annulled by Gerter, art perhaps helped...

In the best romantic tradition, as if an annulled by Gerter, art perhaps helped her
sublimate that impossible love

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In the best romantic tradition,
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as if an annulled by Gerter,
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art perhaps helped her sublimate that impossible love.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:33
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.
(ducks quacking) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
(ducks quacking)
Eva Rovers often went for walks to Helene - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
Eva Rovers often went for walks to Helene
I think that anyone writing autobiography, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
I think that anyone writing autobiography,
She must try to get as close as possible - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
She must try to get as close as possible
This was where Helene probably sought peace - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
This was where Helene probably sought peace
Perhaps she was struggling not to give in to, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
Perhaps she was struggling not to give in to,
Do I, or don't I believe in God? - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
Do I, or don't I believe in God?
This hunting lodge was designed by H. P Berlage - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
This hunting lodge was designed by H. P Berlage
Helena thought it was very important - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
Helena thought it was very important
The most important place in this room was her desk. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
The most important place in this room was her desk.
This is where she wrote her many, many letters, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:15
This is where she wrote her many, many letters,
And also very interesting is this very tiny, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
And also very interesting is this very tiny,
This is where Helene slept, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
This is where Helene slept,
And when you see this very modest bedroom, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
And when you see this very modest bedroom,
But I think in a way she was much inspired - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
But I think in a way she was much inspired
[Narrator] Helene was not content to sleep - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
[Narrator] Helene was not content to sleep
She cared for the wounded on the battlefront, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
She cared for the wounded on the battlefront,
Helene traveled far and wide before realizing - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
Helene traveled far and wide before realizing
(soft music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
(soft music)
So, she decides at that point, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
So, she decides at that point,