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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

These drawings, they are not functioning as a kind of stage inthe making of a painting

These drawings, they are not functioning as a kind of stage in
the making of a painting

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These drawings, they are not functioning
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as a kind of stage in the making of a painting.
Duration
8 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:01
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
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.
They are artworks in themselves - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
They are artworks in themselves
So, the drawings are not exposed so much, but in fact, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
So, the drawings are not exposed so much, but in fact,
He was a fantastic painter, but he was also a very, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
He was a fantastic painter, but he was also a very,
Van Gogh started as an artist, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
Van Gogh started as an artist,
And he knew that drawing was seen - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
And he knew that drawing was seen
So, if you wanted to become a good painter, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
So, if you wanted to become a good painter,
(people chattering) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
(people chattering)
The lessons held here since 1711, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:11
The lessons held here since 1711,
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