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Robert Motherwell and the New York school [videorecording] : storming the citadel / Tatge Productions ; International Cultural Programming ; WNET/Channel 13 ; RM Arts ; writer, Kenneth Cavander ; produced & directed by Catherine Tatge.

Contributor(s): Motherwell, Robert | Tatge, Catherine | Cavander, Kenneth | Epstein, Jonathan | Tatge Productions, Inc | International Cultural Programming, Inc | WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) | RM Arts (Firm) | Kultur International Films.
Publisher: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2010]Description: 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sd., col., with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 9780769789910 (DVD).Other title: Robert Motherwell & the New York school | Storming the citadel.Subject(s): Motherwell, Robert | New York school of art | Abstract expressionism -- New York (State) -- New YorkDDC classification: 759.13 Narrator, Jonathan Epstein.Summary: American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) is profiled in the context of Modernism and reviews the past fifty years of his creative life. Discussed are the origins of Abstract Expressionism, its links with Surrealism, and its struggle for recognition. Included are scenes of artists Jackson Pollock, Hans Hofmann, and others. Interviews with art critics and historians are featured with scenes from a major retrospective of Motherwell's work at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
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Originally broadcast on PBS in 1990 as part of the American masters series; released in 1991.

Narrator, Jonathan Epstein.

American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) is profiled in the context of Modernism and reviews the past fifty years of his creative life. Discussed are the origins of Abstract Expressionism, its links with Surrealism, and its struggle for recognition. Included are scenes of artists Jackson Pollock, Hans Hofmann, and others. Interviews with art critics and historians are featured with scenes from a major retrospective of Motherwell's work at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (4:3); LPCM.