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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

It's an extraordinary place, because with good reason, Paris in the 19th centurywas the...

It's an extraordinary place, because with good reason, Paris in the 19th century
was the world capital of art

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It's an extraordinary place,
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because with good reason,
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Paris in the 19th century was the world capital of art.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:59
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.
But artists in this capital of art, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
But artists in this capital of art,
They had their meeting places, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
They had their meeting places,
To places where they could sing, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:17
To places where they could sing,
The Moulin de la Galette - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
The Moulin de la Galette
Offering the girls that he wanted - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
Offering the girls that he wanted
[Narrator] Following in the footsteps - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
[Narrator] Following in the footsteps
Like Renoir and like Monet, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
Like Renoir and like Monet,
He spent his days among the fields, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
He spent his days among the fields,
[Pascal] The Vincent who arrived in Paris - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
[Pascal] The Vincent who arrived in Paris
He wanted to paint the countryside - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
He wanted to paint the countryside
When he came up here on the hill, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:16
When he came up here on the hill,
And a couple of centuries later, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
And a couple of centuries later,
(birds chirping) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:23
(birds chirping)
Just a few weeks after his arrival, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Just a few weeks after his arrival,
For Van Gogh, discovering this explosion of color - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:15
For Van Gogh, discovering this explosion of color
He takes what he needs to invent, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
He takes what he needs to invent,
[Narrator] The origin of Van Gogh style, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
[Narrator] The origin of Van Gogh style,
When he discovered the paintings of Georges Seurat, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
When he discovered the paintings of Georges Seurat,
Helene Kroller-Mueller, knew this perfectly well. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
Helene Kroller-Mueller, knew this perfectly well.
And in her collection, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
And in her collection,