| Title |
Date |
Director |
Production Company |
Synopsis |
Minutes |
Film ID |
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| Artists Must Live |
1953 |
John Read |
BBC Television |
The role of the artist in 20th century Britain, the problems faced by artists, (particularly those whose work is less mainstream), and the opportunities offered by sponsors such as the Arts Council and the British Council and commercial companies; work featured is by Keith Vaughan (1912-1976), Reg Butler (1913-1981), Henry Moore (1898-1986), Graham Sutherland (1903-1980) Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), and others. |
28 |
ACE001 |
Full details |
| Black on White. A review of some British cartoons and caricatures of the last 200 years |
1954 |
John Read |
BBC Television |
Political caricature in Britain, featuring the work of WIlliam Hogarth (1697-1764), James Gillray (1757-1815), George Cruikshank (1792-1878), Australian-born Will Dyson (1880-1938), New Zealander, David Low (1891-1963), and others. |
30 |
ACE002 |
Full details |
| Graham Sutherland |
1954 |
John Read |
BBC Television |
The work of English painter, Graham Sutherland (1903-1980), showing examples of his landscapes, portraits , etc., and concluding with the artist describing his style and methods. |
27 |
ACE003 |
Full details |
| John Piper |
1955 |
John Read |
BBC Television |
The work of British painter, John Piper (1903-1992), including architectural paintings, theatrical costume and set designs, abstract work, as well as a sequence showing the artist producing an aquatint. |
29 |
ACE004 |
Full details |
| Stained Glass at Fairford |
1956 |
Basil Wright |
Realist Film Unit |
A study of the mediaeval stained glass (1497) in the church of St Mary the Virgin, Fairford, Gloucestershire, explaining its design and use as an aid for Bible instruction. |
24 |
ACE005 |
Full details |
| Vision of William Blake |
1958 |
Guy Brenton |
Morse |
The personal philosophy of English visionary painter and writer, William Blake (1757-1827) as expressed in his work. |
27 |
ACE006 |
Full details |
| Reclining Figure. Henry’s Moore’s sculpture for the UNESCO building in Paris |
1959 |
Dudley Shaw Ashton |
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A study of making of the Reclining Figure (1958) by British abstract sculptor, Henry Moore (1898-1986), commissioned for the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, from its original conception through to the completed work. |
14 |
ACE007 |
Full details |
| Cathédrale Engloutie. The Cathedral Under the Sea. A film made from the paintings of Ceri Richards and the music of Claude Debussy. |
1961 |
Dudley Shaw Ashton |
Samaritan FIlms |
A study of a series of works by Welsh painter, Ceri Richards (1903-1971), inspired by the 1910 piano prelude, La Cathédrale Engloutie, by French impressionist composer, Claude Debussy (1862-1918). |
7 |
ACE008 |
Full details |
| Francis Bacon. Paintings 1944-1962 |
1963 |
David Thompson |
Samaritan Films |
The work of figurative painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) |
11 |
ACE009 |
Full details |
| Nativity |
1966 |
Dudley Shaw Ashton |
Samaritan Films |
An examination of The Nativity / Natività by Italian Early Renaissance painter, Piero della Francesca (c.1412-1492). |
10 |
ACE010 |
Full details |
| Turner. Paintings from the Turner bequest in the Tate Gallery and National Gallery, London |
1966 |
David Thompson |
Samaritan Films |
A survey of the life and work of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1777-1851), British Romantic landscape and marine painter. |
27 |
ACE011 |
Full details |
| Pre-Raphaelite Revolt |
1967 |
David Thompson |
Samaritan Films |
A history of the British Pre-Raphaelite painting movement, which flourished from 1848 until around 1860. |
29 |
ACE012 |
Full details |
| R. B. Kitaj |
1967 |
James Scott |
Maya Film Productions |
American-born figurative painter, Ronald Kitaj (b.1932), answers questions about the social purpose of art and the role of the artist, with reference to his own paintings and screen prints. |
19 |
ACE013 |
Full details |
| Giacometti |
1967 |
Michael Gill |
British Film Institute |
Sculptures by the Swiss-born artist, Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). |
13 |
ACE014 |
Full details |
| Barbara Hepworth at the Tate. Filmed during the Barbara Hepworth retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London, 3rd April 1968–19th May 1968 |
1968 |
Bruce Beresford |
British Film Institute |
British sculptor, Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) provides the commentary to a film of a major retrospective of her work, from early figurative examples to abstract and monumental pieces. |
12 |
ACE015 |
Full details |
| Lichtenstein in London. Roy Lichtenstein’s retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery 6 January – 4 February 1968 |
1968 |
Bruce Beresford |
British Film Institute |
A record of a 1968 Tate Gallery exhibition of the work of American Pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997). |
20 |
ACE016 |
Full details |
| Picasso the Sculptor |
1968 |
Roland Penrose |
British Film Institute |
A record of the 1967 Tate Gallery exhibition of sculptures by Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). |
25 |
ACE017 |
Full details |
| Mind of Nicolas Poussin. A study of his paintings The Seven Sacraments in the Duke of Sutherland’s Collection at the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
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1968 |
Dudley Shaw Ashton |
Samaritan Films |
The symbolic and liturgical significance of The Seven Sacraments (I Sette Sacramenti) produced by French Baroque painter, Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), during his years in Rome. |
20 |
ACE018 |
Full details |
| Matisse. A sort of paradise |
1969 |
Lawrence Gowing,
John Jones |
Allan King Associates |
A film made, during a 1968 exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, of the paintings and painted paper cut-outs (gouaches découpées) of French artist, Henri Matisse (1869-1954). |
30 |
ACE019 |
Full details |
| Rembrandt’s The Three Crosses |
1969 |
Dudley Shaw Ashton |
Balfour Films |
An examination of versions of a dry-point etching of the Crucifixion, De Drie Kruisen, by Dutch artist, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). |
14 |
ACE020 |
Full details |
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