Learning on ScreenSickert’s London
- Synopsis
- Shows a day in the life of London seen through the paintings of Walter Sickert, one of Britain’s most controversial artists, who introduced a European flavour to British art. Sickert’s work was considered too ahead of its time and subsequently fell out of fashion. Here, his painting is rediscovered through thy eyes of artists such as Frnk Auerbach and Howard Hodgkin. With readings by Alan Bennett from Sickert’s own writings.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Year of production
- 1992
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 2/1/93.
- Subjects
- Art
- Keywords
- Long, Richard; sculpture
Credits
- Director
- Jake Auerbach
- Producer
- Hannah Rothschild; Robert McNab
- Cast
Alan Bennett
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £57.50
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 50 minutes
- Year
- 2013
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
Arts Council
- Phone
- 020 7973 6820
- Fax
- 020 7973 6449
- Notes
- Contact: Will Bell (7/99), e-mail will.bell@artscouncil.org.uk
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster
- Notes
- Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.
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