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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

Van Gogh wants to mean something, not only for humans, but for humanity

Van Gogh wants to mean something, not only for humans, but for humanity

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Van Gogh wants to mean something,
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not only for humans, but for humanity.
Duration
6 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:28
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.
(gentle music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
(gentle music)
Only in that I have a certain obligation - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
Only in that I have a certain obligation
Not done to please some movement or other, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
Not done to please some movement or other,
I see myself in a similar way, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
I see myself in a similar way,
(soft music) - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
(soft music)
So, from the moment he decided to be an artist, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
So, from the moment he decided to be an artist,
In the first two years as an artist, between 1880 and 1881, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
In the first two years as an artist, between 1880 and 1881,
He only practiced drawing, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
He only practiced drawing,
Today, he is known as one of the greatest masters of color, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
Today, he is known as one of the greatest masters of color,
What very few people know is how good a draftsman he was, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
What very few people know is how good a draftsman he was,
These drawings, they are not functioning - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:08
These drawings, they are not functioning
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,