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• The Art of Cornwall
First broadcast: December 2010.
The art colony of St Ives in Cornwall became as important as Paris or London in the history of modernism during a golden creative period between the 1920s and 1960s. The dramatic lives and works of eight artists, who most made this miracle possible, from Kit Wood and Alfred Wallis to Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson, are featured in a documentary which offers an alternative history of the 20th century avant-garde as well as a vivid portrayal of the history and landscapes of Cornwall itself.
Remote and romantic, Cornwall has many qualities but this gorgeous documentary focuses on its role as a colony for the modern art movement, and how a varied set of circumstances brought an extraordinary array of British and European painters and sculptors to its coastline between the 1920s and 1960s. The engaging Cambridge art historian James Fox is convinced that for a time Cornwall was as important a centre of art as London or Paris, helped by artists such as Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, "Kit" Wood, Patrick Heron and Peter Lanyon.
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Thank you for posting this; massive pleasure to watch the entire series!
Oh, this part of the world is absolutely divine! I visited St.Ives once and will always re-visit this place. Very well presented!
Wonderful documentary.
Thank you. "Art of Cornwall" Just watched and downloaded all. In the last couple of hours. Brilliant to View, to Listen and Learn. I could go and on In many respects. 🙏💭💭❤️🤺
This was just wonderful-I want to watch it many times…again, thank you. And I want to go back!
@taran333tula
10 жыл бұрын
I completely understand .. it's a lovely place to stay...
@debra13
10 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is! As is much of Cornwall!
Wonderful artistic journey!
I'm very moved by all 6 parts of this documentary. Before watching this I had no idea about the art of St. Ives and Cornwall. This was a very important art movement and very underrated in my opinion. BBC always has the best documentaries. Dr James Fox does a great job presenting as the host. Hope to see more. Keep them coming.
Thank you so much for all the wonderful documentaries.
Thank you for putting these all up - I watched all of them and really (mostly) enjoyed them LOTS! I was reminded of David Attenborough when he whispered by the sculpture! So much lovely art (mostly) and countryside...
Thanks very much for the art history....learnt a lot and just loved what I saw....
Bravo! Thank you so much! It`s such a pleasure to watch!
thanks for this immensely
Fantastic, thank you
what a fab series! ive never been to Cornwall and it would be my dream to do so, and I paint it anyway. but thanks for this amazing insight. Is it available on DVD?
Sweet!
This seems to me to be one of the better programs for introducing someone to not only the art but also the context. As said here, Picasso was bullfighting. Another was golf and yet one more was the glider. Stone sculpture is intensely physical even with the smooth curving shapes, yet here we learn that she fostered a type of fear in people. American t.v. documentaries are worse than awful. I need to look to the BBC more often.
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why the focus on lanyon? his paintings look like skid marks
@heraldeventsandfilms5970
4 жыл бұрын
For fuck's sake! Total prick.