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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Like many Dutch people, she visited the Kroler-Mueller Museum as a child

Like many Dutch people, she visited the Kroler-
Mueller Museum as a child

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Like many Dutch people,
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she visited the Kroler- Mueller Museum as a child.
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6 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:25
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.
At the time, her imagination was struck by the fact - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
At the time, her imagination was struck by the fact
So after graduation, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
So after graduation,
She spent four years with all these papers - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
She spent four years with all these papers
Helene found a lot of comfort - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
Helene found a lot of comfort
For instance, when she traveled, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
For instance, when she traveled,
And they were so important to her, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:18
And they were so important to her,
She found a lot of comfort in his paintings, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
She found a lot of comfort in his paintings,
She writes, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
She writes,
They convey such beautiful human things. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
They convey such beautiful human things.
What a modern person Van Gogh was - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
What a modern person Van Gogh was
Helene's correspondence is stored in an old trunk, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
Helene's correspondence is stored in an old trunk,
The recipient was a man 20 years younger than her, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
The recipient was a man 20 years younger than her,
He was a school friend of one of Helene's daughters. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
He was a school friend of one of Helene's daughters.
In the best romantic tradition, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
In the best romantic tradition,
(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,