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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(inquisitive music) A woman managed to give Vincent something he had never had when he was...

(inquisitive music) A woman managed to give Vincent something he had never had when he was alive

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A woman managed to give Vincent something
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he had never had when he was alive.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:59
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.
Affection, recognition, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
Affection, recognition,
Someone recognized themselves, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
Someone recognized themselves,
(speaking in a foreign language) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
(speaking in a foreign language)
She was one of the richest women in the Netherlands - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
She was one of the richest women in the Netherlands
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(gentle music)
This story brings together the lives of two people - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
This story brings together the lives of two people
Helene Kröller-Müller saw something of herself - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
Helene Kröller-Müller saw something of herself
Like him, she wrote hundreds of letters - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Like him, she wrote hundreds of letters
Both wanted much more from religion, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
Both wanted much more from religion,
In 1881, Van Gogh talking about the church wrote, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
In 1881, Van Gogh talking about the church wrote,
"Look, I find the clergyman's God, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
"Look, I find the clergyman's God,
"But does that make me an atheist?" - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
"But does that make me an atheist?"
"Like him, I couldn't believe in the God - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
"Like him, I couldn't believe in the God
"He was a sham God. " - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
"He was a sham God. "
(dramatic orchestral) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
(dramatic orchestral)
Helene began buying paintings - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
Helene began buying paintings
About 20 years after the painter died, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
About 20 years after the painter died,
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(dramatic music)
And it was a dream come true for Helene Kröller-Müller, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:16
And it was a dream come true for Helene Kröller-Müller,
[Narrator] It was a spiritual dimension of - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
[Narrator] It was a spiritual dimension of