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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

In the teaching methods, he found here at the academy, he realized that drawing...

In the teaching methods, he found here at the academy, he realized that drawing lessons
were of great importance

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In the teaching methods,
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he found here at the academy,
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he realized that drawing lessons were of great importance.
Duration
7 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:22
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
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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.
(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,
In my view, one must undermine the wall - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
In my view, one must undermine the wall
[Narrator] As soon as he had enrolled at the academy, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
[Narrator] As soon as he had enrolled at the academy,
There was a drawing competition - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
There was a drawing competition
So it's very difficult to know what he learned - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
So it's very difficult to know what he learned
What he didn't like was the nude model clearly, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
What he didn't like was the nude model clearly,
He said "The nude model does not interest me. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
He said "The nude model does not interest me.
"I prefer to depict clothed model in a field" - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
"I prefer to depict clothed model in a field"
He was also aiming for a certain type of representation, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
He was also aiming for a certain type of representation,
He wanted to be as a sane French painting, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
He wanted to be as a sane French painting,
(sweeping orchestral) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
(sweeping orchestral)
In his eyes, life did not seem harmonious - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
In his eyes, life did not seem harmonious
(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
(gentle music)
The years in which Van Gogh becomes the painter, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
The years in which Van Gogh becomes the painter,
The turning point came in 1886, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
The turning point came in 1886,
He left behind the brown of the cloths of earth - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
He left behind the brown of the cloths of earth
(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
(gentle music)
But the first paintings Vincent painted, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
But the first paintings Vincent painted,