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Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies

We ask the writer, Pascal Bonafoux, who teaches Art Historyat the Paris 8 University

We ask the writer, Pascal Bonafoux, who teaches Art History
at the Paris 8 University

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We ask the writer, Pascal Bonafoux,
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who teaches Art History at the Paris 8 University.
Duration
7 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:50
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.
He takes us to Montmartre and helps us to understand - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
He takes us to Montmartre and helps us to understand
Starting from the house where he and Theo lived, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
Starting from the house where he and Theo lived,
[Pascal] Vincent van Gogh arrived in Paris - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
[Pascal] Vincent van Gogh arrived in Paris
He had already visited before, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
He had already visited before,
They lived on the fourth floor and beyond the rooftops, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:18
They lived on the fourth floor and beyond the rooftops,
There is but one Paris, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
There is but one Paris,
[Narrator] Montmartre was a birthplace of modern art. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
[Narrator] Montmartre was a birthplace of modern art.
In these streets, bustling today with tourists, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
In these streets, bustling today with tourists,
It was a poor community, but hungry for life. - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:04
It was a poor community, but hungry for life.
Free in its ideas and morals, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
Free in its ideas and morals,
The painters womanized with their models, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:09
The painters womanized with their models,
In the evening as the sun set, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:05
In the evening as the sun set,
In Montmartre is as you know, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
In Montmartre is as you know,
It's an extraordinary place, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:10
It's an extraordinary place,
But artists in this capital of art, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
But artists in this capital of art,
They had their meeting places, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:06
They had their meeting places,
To places where they could sing, - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:17
To places where they could sing,
The Moulin de la Galette - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:12
The Moulin de la Galette
Offering the girls that he wanted - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:07
Offering the girls that he wanted
[Narrator] Following in the footsteps - Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies 00:13
[Narrator] Following in the footsteps