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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

There was a drawing competition and the highest rankedstudents were rewarded with a good...

There was a drawing competition and the highest ranked
students were rewarded with a good place in the classroom, a warm seat near the heater, or a well lit table with
a good view of the models and plaster casts to be copied

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There was a drawing competition
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and the highest ranked students were rewarded
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with a good place in the classroom,
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a warm seat near the heater,
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or a well lit table with a good view of the models
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and plaster casts to be copied.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
12
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:11
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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.
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
(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
(gentle music)
The years in which Van Gogh becomes the painter, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
The years in which Van Gogh becomes the painter,
The turning point came in 1886, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
The turning point came in 1886,
He left behind the brown of the cloths of earth - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
He left behind the brown of the cloths of earth
(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
(gentle music)
But the first paintings Vincent painted, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:14
But the first paintings Vincent painted,
In the summer of the same year, 1886, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
In the summer of the same year, 1886,
In some beautiful, still lifes of flowers, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
In some beautiful, still lifes of flowers,
(upbeat music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
(upbeat music)
I've thought about it so much - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
I've thought about it so much
We'll be at the Louvre from midday, or earlier if you like. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
We'll be at the Louvre from midday, or earlier if you l...
[Narrator] An appointment to meet his brother, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
[Narrator] An appointment to meet his brother,