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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Many great Florentines are buried here, or when their bodies have been lost, are honored...

Many great Florentines are buried here, or when their bodies have been lost, are honored with a
statue, just a few names

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Many great Florentines are buried here,
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or when their bodies have been lost,
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are honored with a statue, just a few names.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:41
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.
Michelangelo, Donatello, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
Michelangelo, Donatello,
You will understand that I felt a deep reverence, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
You will understand that I felt a deep reverence,
Donatello sculpted, a beautiful annunciation - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
Donatello sculpted, a beautiful annunciation
Yesterday, when I stood in front of Michael Angelo's tomb - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:15
Yesterday, when I stood in front of Michael Angelo's to...
I felt him to be great and humanly tender, nonetheless. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
I felt him to be great and humanly tender, nonetheless.
I felt tears and wished I could shake his hand, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
I felt tears and wished I could shake his hand,
One of the buildings in Florence, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
One of the buildings in Florence,
(speaking in a foreign language) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
(speaking in a foreign language)
It is one of the most beautiful buildings I've seen, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
It is one of the most beautiful buildings I've seen,
And this is a little bit funny because she thinks, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:17
And this is a little bit funny because she thinks,
[Narrator] The tower rises like a crown above Florence. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
[Narrator] The tower rises like a crown above Florence.
I will build a new house and it will be a museum, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
I will build a new house and it will be a museum,
In a 100 years time, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
In a 100 years time,
It will be a museum as authentic and alive, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
It will be a museum as authentic and alive,
Helene called on several famous names to design her museum, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
Helene called on several famous names to design her museum,
She dreamed of constructing a monumental building, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
She dreamed of constructing a monumental building,
Towards the end of the first world war, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Towards the end of the first world war,
The Kröller-Müller's finances nose dived - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
The Kröller-Müller's finances nose dived
In the following years, Helene was often depressed, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
In the following years, Helene was often depressed,
In the end, the museum was built on a more modest scale, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
In the end, the museum was built on a more modest scale,