This captivating series, dedicated to exploring Vienna’s rich cultural treasures, delves into the intriguing world of Oskar Kokoschka’s expressionist art.
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Awesome Beauty – The Art of Industrial Britain: Lachlan Goudie explores Britain’s spectacular industrial landscapes and the artists and artworks inspired by them in a passionate and thought-provoking journey that challenges our national stereotypes. Travelling the length and breadth of the UK, and visiting an impressive range of industrial sites, from shipyards to quarries, mines to abandoned wind tunnels, steelworks to space age laboratories, Goudie builds a surprising and compelling alternative picture of Britain. Featuring revelatory industrial art by the likes of JMW Turner, Graham Sutherland and photographer Maurice Broomfield, the film reveals the awesome beauty, drama and
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Art – Edvard Munch episode 3: this film goes behind the scenes to show the process of putting together the exhibition honouring the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch. In 2013, all of Norway celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch, one of the towering figures of modern art. This was hailed a “once-in-a-lifetime show”. Global interest was huge – not least as a result of one of his four The Scream paintings having recently set a public art auction record of $120 million. Art – Edvard Munch episode 3 Many only
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Art of America Episode 2: Andrew Graham-Dixon Uncovers the Modern Dreams Behind the American Metropolis Art of America episode 2 follows Andrew Graham-Dixon from the foot of the Statue of Liberty to the silent triptychs of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, tracing how artists and architects pulled the United States out of Europe’s shadow. Subtitled Modern Dreams, this instalment confronts the modern American city in all its contradictions. Gleaming skyscrapers rise above miles of slums. Corporate fortunes tower over desperate poverty. And a remarkable cast of painters, from John Sloan and George Bellows to Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollock and Mark
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a key member of the Impressionists who loved to paint out of doors, famous in particular for his depiction of the joyful side of Parisian life. Later in his life, Renoir broke away from the Impressionist movement and adopted a classical style. Impressionists and their circle have become the international superstars of Western painting. But whilst their popularity is greater than ever, it is easy to forget the revolutionary nature of the Impressionists’ art. In this series, Tim Marlow takes us on a journey through the great art movement of the late nineteenth-century and explores
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