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  1. Mondrian (1993)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Discusses the abstract art of the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944). Painting is conventionally understood as clinical, calculated art from which all traces of life have been expunged by a process of...

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  2. Robert Motherwell and the New York School (1991)

    Director
    Catherine Tatge
    Producer
    Catherine Tatge
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 56 minutes), £14.95

    In a programme made shortly before his death, Robert Motherwell, one of the chief protagonists of the New York school, this film recalls the ‘heroic age’ of American abstract expressionism, tracing the...

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  3. Jackson Pollock (1987)

    Director
    Kim Evans
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 52 minutes), £17.99

    A biographical critique of the achievements of the American painter Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), who was a leading figure of the abstract expressionist movement, famous for his ‘drip-and-splash’ action...

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  4. Joan MirÓ: The Ladder of Escape (2012)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 32 minutes), £15.99

    This documentary explores the life and work of Catalonian artist Joan Miro, and seeks to understand how the political upheavals of of the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the dictatorship of Franco...

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  5. Kazmir Malevich (2014)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 44 minutes), £17.99

    In 1915 the Russian artist Kazimar Malevich declared a Black Square on a White Background to be the ‘face of the new art ... the first step of pure creation.' He saw his work as a (secular) icon of its...

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  6. Artists from the Angela Flowers Gallery (1991 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, 50 slides., 2000 sale: £52.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    A study of the work of 16 contemporary artists offering a direct comparison of techniques and approaches. Printmaking, painting and sculpture are represented, with personal statements by each of the artists,...

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  7. Caro at the National Gallery: Sculpture from Painting (1998 Video)

    Director
    Randall Wright
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 1999 sale £10.00 (inclusive)

    Sculptor Anthony Caro in conversation with Tim Marlow discusses his relationship to artists of the past. Caro has produced abstract sculptures that are transcriptions of paintings. This video relates to an...

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  8. Tim Marlow on... Caro at Chatsworth (2012)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 24 minutes), £20.00

    Art criticTim Marlow takes a behind-the-scenes look at Anthony Caro’s major retrospective at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.

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  9. Fisherman Artist

    Date released
    28 May 1962
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    387
    NoS ID
    121222
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe Synoposis - Picturesque Brixham harbour is the home port of artist Clive Gunnell. A trawlerman too, he uses the tough hands that earn him a living at sea to paint and sculpt abstract themes at home....

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  10. Framing and Forming (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Many works of art are already supported by some form of cultural authority, whether by sophisticated critics or by long-term popularity. Here, Jackson Pollock’s abstract work ‘Summertime’ is used to...

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