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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Someone recognized themselves, in what had been called his madness, but which was nothing...

Someone recognized themselves, in what had been called his madness, but which was nothing more
than a search for the absolute, in all its raw truth

Full Transcript

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Someone recognized themselves,
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in what had been called his madness,
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but which was nothing more than a search for the absolute,
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in all its raw truth.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:10
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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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.
(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
(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
(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,
(dramatic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
(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
They both shared an empathy for the meek, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
They both shared an empathy for the meek,
And so she built the Kroller-Mueller Museum, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
And so she built the Kroller-Mueller Museum,