The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute programme focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved. Five films from each of the following galleries are available. Tate Gallery, London (R8201.1) National Gallery of Scotland (R8201.2) Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (R8201.3) Museum of Modern Art, New York (R8201.4) Washington National Gallery of Art (R8201.5) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (R8201.6) Kunsthaus, Zürich (R8201.7) Kunstmuseum, Basel (R8201.8) Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Museum Ludwig, Cologne (R8201.9) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (R8201.10) Museé National du Louvre, Paris (R8201.11) Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (R8201.12) Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.13) Lenbachhaus, Munich (R8201.14) Hamburger Kunsthalle (R8201.15) Neue Pinakothek, Munich (R8201.16) Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, USA (R8201.17) Art Institute of Chicago (R8201.18) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (R8201.19) Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (R8201.20) Prado, Madrid (R8201.21) Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (R8201.22) Skagens Museum, Denmark (R8201.23) Gulbenkian Foundation Centre for Modern Art, Lisbon (R8201.24) Ateneum, Helsinki (R8201.25) National Museum, Stockholm (R8201.26) State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (R8201.27) Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden (R8201.28) Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.29) The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (R8201.30) Collections in Tokyo, Kyoto and Atami (R8202) Collections in Budapest and Szentendre (R8203) Collections in Prague (R8204) National Gallery of
Norway, Oslo (R8205) Collections in Vienna (R8208)
The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute programme focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved. Five films from each of the following galleries are available. Tate Gallery, London (R8201.1) National Gallery of Scotland (R8201.2) Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (R8201.3) Museum of Modern Art, New York (R8201.4) Washington National Gallery of Art (R8201.5) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (R8201.6) Kunsthaus, Zürich (R8201.7) Kunstmuseum, Basel (R8201.8) Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Museum Ludwig, Cologne (R8201.9) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (R8201.10) Museé National du Louvre, Paris (R8201.11) Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (R8201.12) Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.13) Lenbachhaus, Munich (R8201.14) Hamburger Kunsthalle (R8201.15) Neue Pinakothek, Munich (R8201.16) Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, USA (R8201.17) Art Institute of Chicago (R8201.18) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (R8201.19) Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (R8201.20) Prado, Madrid (R8201.21) Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (R8201.22) Skagens Museum, Denmark (R8201.23) Gulbenkian Foundation Centre for Modern Art, Lisbon (R8201.24) Ateneum, Helsinki (R8201.25) National Museum, Stockholm (R8201.26) State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (R8201.27) Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden (R8201.28) Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.29) The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (R8201.30) Collections in Tokyo, Kyoto and Atami (R8202) Collections in Budapest and Szentendre (R8203) Collections in Prague (R8204) National Gallery of Norway, Oslo (R8205) Collections in Vienna (R8208)
The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute programme focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved. Five films from each of the following galleries are available. Tate Gallery, London (R8201.1) National Gallery of Scotland (R8201.2) Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (R8201.3) Museum of Modern Art, New York (R8201.4) Washington National Gallery of Art (R8201.5) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (R8201.6) Kunsthaus, Zürich (R8201.7) Kunstmuseum, Basel (R8201.8) Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Museum Ludwig, Cologne (R8201.9) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (R8201.10) Museé National du Louvre, Paris (R8201.11) Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (R8201.12) Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.13) Lenbachhaus, Munich (R8201.14) Hamburger Kunsthalle (R8201.15) Neue Pinakothek, Munich (R8201.16) Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, USA (R8201.17) Art Institute of Chicago (R8201.18) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (R8201.19) Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (R8201.20) Prado, Madrid (R8201.21) Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (R8201.22) Skagens Museum, Denmark (R8201.23) Gulbenkian Foundation Centre for Modern Art, Lisbon (R8201.24) Ateneum, Helsinki (R8201.25) National Museum, Stockholm (R8201.26) State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (R8201.27) Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden (R8201.28) Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.29) The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (R8201.30) Collections in Tokyo, Kyoto and Atami (R8202) Collections in Budapest and Szentendre (R8203) Collections in Prague (R8204) National Gallery of Norway, Oslo (R8205) Collections in Vienna (R8208)
The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute programme focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved. Five films from each of the following galleries are available. Tate Gallery, London (R8201.1) National Gallery of Scotland (R8201.2) Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (R8201.3) Museum of Modern Art, New York (R8201.4) Washington National Gallery of Art (R8201.5) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (R8201.6) Kunsthaus, Zürich (R8201.7) Kunstmuseum, Basel (R8201.8) Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Museum Ludwig, Cologne (R8201.9) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (R8201.10) Museé National du Louvre, Paris (R8201.11) Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (R8201.12) Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.13) Lenbachhaus, Munich (R8201.14) Hamburger Kunsthalle (R8201.15) Neue Pinakothek, Munich (R8201.16) Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, USA (R8201.17) Art Institute of Chicago (R8201.18) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (R8201.19) Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (R8201.20) Prado, Madrid (R8201.21) Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (R8201.22) Skagens Museum, Denmark (R8201.23) Gulbenkian Foundation Centre for Modern Art, Lisbon (R8201.24) Ateneum, Helsinki (R8201.25) National Museum, Stockholm (R8201.26) State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (R8201.27) Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden (R8201.28) Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.29) The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (R8201.30) Collections in Tokyo, Kyoto and Atami (R8202) Collections in Budapest and Szentendre (R8203) Collections in Prague (R8204) National Gallery of Norway, Oslo (R8205) Collections in Vienna (R8208)
Sabine Kupferberg is a remarkable dancer. At an age when most dancers hang up their shoes, leading dance-makers, including van Manen, Forsythe and Ek, continue to create exciting new pieces for her and her colleagues at Nederlands Dans Theater 3. This company for the over-forties was founded by her partner, the internationally-acclaimed choreographer Jirí Kylián. Her collaboration with Kylián comes into focus in this dance-filled profile which showcases her distinctive talent in a wealth of performance extracts.
Since 1979, the French painter Soulages has limited his palette to black, yet he creates pieces which are as alike and unalike as one day is to another. Soulages and his work are the sole protagonists in this visually striking film, for which he chose some eighty canvases to sign the development of his art. A charismatic man, his reflections on his life and work enhance an appreciation of the elemental and enigmatic beauty of his paintings.
This film looks at the work of one of the artists who enjoyed considerable success in the German Democratic Republic, despite the fact that he mined a seam of elusive and ambiguous imagery, constructing allegories which contained covert criticism of the GDR. An in-depth interview with Mattheuer and a comprehensive survey of his work provide a fascinating insight into his creative genius and his response to the political régime he lived under from 1949 to 1990.
As a member of the oldest generation of artists in the former German Democratic Republic, Heisig played an important role in shaping a school of Realist painting relevant to the social and political conditions. A staunch believer in the importance of history, his depiction of historical themes has been refined over many years. This 35mm film gives an overview of his work and sets it in the context of the political upheavals he has lived through.
Based on a major Berlin retrospective and conversations with Metzkes, this film shows how this first-rate draughtsman uses subject matter drawn from literature and mythology in his work. Metzkes played an important part in the artistic life of the German Democratic Republic and his creative reaction to the political situation he lived through is also brought into focus.
“It is self-evident that nobody can live in a society and at the same time be free from it. Hence everything we do or don’t do has a political dimension, and that includes our work as artists.” This view, expressed by Sitte, one of the painters who played an important role in the artistic life of the German Democratic Republic, indicates the commitment he shared with many of his contemporaries to use art as a force for social change. In this profile, Sitte is seen at work and reviewing recurring themes in his paintings.
