World of Art: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is a three dimensional encyclopedia of art history. Produced for Public Television by Great Museums TV. – 1 hr program. In this visually...
View Article“COLOUR” Painting Animation
“COLOUR” Painting Animated film. A black and white forest is colored in vibrant hues under our eyes except for one sad little panda, which sets off the compassion of an imaginative little boy. TIJI...
View ArticlePainting in Four Minutes
In a spectacular show, the artist Jean-Pierre Blanchard painted a portrait of Roger Federer at the presentation of the SVC Entrepreneur Award in Zurich in no time at all. The painting was auctioned for...
View ArticleFrancis Bacon Southbank
A six series of videos on ‘Francis Bacon Southbank’. Biography ~ Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992), was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his bold, austere, graphic and...
View ArticleFrancis Bacon – Documentary
A six series of videos on ‘Francis Bacon – Documentary’. Biography ~ Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992), was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his bold, austere, graphic...
View ArticlePainting Techniques of Franz Kline
Abstract Expressionist New York. The Painting Techniques of Franz Kline. The Museum of Modern Art, October 3, 2010–April 11, 2011 Filmed by Plowshares Media Images courtesy of The Franz Kline Estate;...
View ArticleGreat Museums: In Our Time: The Museum of Modern Art
What do the superstars of modern art – van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Pollock, Warhol – have in common with the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle and an Apple iPod? All share the stage at New York’s Museum...
View ArticlePhilippe de Montebello – Metropolitan Museum
The extraordinary legacy of Philippe de Montebello, who served for 31 years as Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. During his tenure, Mr. de Montebello guided the acquisition of more than...
View ArticleThe Medici: Makers of Modern Art
Documentary in which Andrew Graham-Dixon reveals how the Medici family transformed Florence through sculpture, painting and architecture and created a world where masterpieces fetch millions today....
View ArticleVanGogh paintings tilt-shifted
After seeing how tilt-shift photography could make real world scenes appear like miniature models, Serena Malyon, a third-year art student, decided to simulate the effect on Van Gogh’s famous...
View ArticleThe Art of Francis Bacon
A six series of videos on ‘The Art of Francis Bacon’. Biography ~ Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992), was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his bold, austere, graphic and...
View ArticleMuseum discovers earliest copy of ‘Mona Lisa’
Museum discovers earliest copy of ‘Mona Lisa’. Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, reveals discovery of earliest known copy of ‘Mona Lisa’ Image is thought to have been painted around the same time as...
View ArticlePaul Klee: Artist: A visual journey
A visual journey into the work of a major painter of the 20th century by Michael Gaumnitz, an award-winning documentarian of artists and sculptors. Like Kandinsky and Delaunay, Klee revolutionized the...
View ArticleThis is Civilization: Abstract Art
This is Civilization: Uncertainty. Art critic Matthew Collings takes a look at modern art and culture starting with artists like Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian up through today’s emerging contemporary art...
View ArticlePaul Klee ‘Twittering Machine’ 1922
Twittering Machine is a 1922 watercolor and pen and ink oil transfer on paper by Swiss-German painter Paul Klee. Like other artworks by Klee, it blends biology and machinery, depicting a loosely...
View Article‘Material Girl’ Madonna sells painting for $7.2 million
Sotheby’s auction house in New York has sold a Fernand Leger painting owned by ‘Material Girl’ Madonna, for $7.2 million dollars. The funds will benefit the ‘Ray of Light’ Foundation, which promotes...
View ArticleCezanne’s ‘Apples’ painting sold for $37 million
Cezannes ‘Les Pommes’ or ‘Apples’ sold for $37 million ($41.6 million with buyers premium) at Sotheby’s last night, one of 20 works from the estate of Alex and Elisabeth Lewyt. “With an apple I will...
View ArticleCharles Rennie Mackintosh – A Modern Man
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer and artist is celebrated around the world as one of the most significant talents to have emerged in the period from the mid 1890s to the late 1920s. He...
View ArticleStolen Renoir sold at Auction for $1.6 million
A stolen oil painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir was sold at Auction in London. The Japanese owner contacted police as soon as he noticed it was being sold. The painting ‘Madame Valtat...
View ArticleCloisonnism: Post-Impressionist painting style
Cloisonnism is a style of post-Impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours. The term was coined by critic Edouard Dujardin on the occasion of the Salon des Indépendants,...
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