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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

The lessons held here since 1711, the year the academy was founded, were inspired by the...

The lessons held here since 1711, the year the academy was founded, were inspired by the teachings of the oldest academy in the world

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The lessons held here since 1711,
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the year the academy was founded,
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were inspired by the teachings
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of the oldest academy in the world.
Duration
11 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:15
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.
The Academy of the Arts of drawing in Florence, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
The Academy of the Arts of drawing in Florence,
Professor George Mayer, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Professor George Mayer,
No one ever have dreamed that he would become Van Gogh, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
No one ever have dreamed that he would become Van Gogh,
(gentle piano) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
(gentle piano)
Van Gogh wanted to devote himself to painting, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Van Gogh wanted to devote himself to painting,
In the teaching methods, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
In the teaching methods,
(dramatic music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
(dramatic music)
It's working one's way through an invisible iron wall, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
It's working one's way through an invisible iron w...
How can one get through that wall, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
How can one get through that wall,
In my view, one must undermine the wall - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
In my view, one must undermine the wall
[Narrator] As soon as he had enrolled at the academy, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
[Narrator] As soon as he had enrolled at the academy,
There was a drawing competition - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
There was a drawing competition
So it's very difficult to know what he learned - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
So it's very difficult to know what he learned
What he didn't like was the nude model clearly, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
What he didn't like was the nude model clearly,
He said "The nude model does not interest me. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
He said "The nude model does not interest me.
"I prefer to depict clothed model in a field" - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
"I prefer to depict clothed model in a field"
He was also aiming for a certain type of representation, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
He was also aiming for a certain type of representation,
He wanted to be as a sane French painting, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
He wanted to be as a sane French painting,
(sweeping orchestral) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
(sweeping orchestral)
In his eyes, life did not seem harmonious - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
In his eyes, life did not seem harmonious