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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

(speaking in a foreign language) I'm sendingyou this postcard, because it shows a...

(speaking in a foreign language) [Narrator] I'm sending
you this postcard, because it shows a building, that gave me a lot to think about

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(speaking in a foreign language)
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[Narrator] I'm sending you this postcard,
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because it shows a building,
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that gave me a lot to think about.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:58
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.
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,
Based on a project by a Belgian architect, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
Based on a project by a Belgian architect,
Helene died in 1939, a year after the museum opened. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
Helene died in 1939, a year after the museum opened.
In a letter to Sam, she wrote, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:19
In a letter to Sam, she wrote,
(dramatic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
(dramatic music)
But now her collection is in demand, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
But now her collection is in demand,
(dramatic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
(dramatic music)
These drawings, for example, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
These drawings, for example,
They are taken out of their drawers - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
They are taken out of their drawers