The Artist: Franz Marc
Client: Leicester City Council
Project background
Expressionism is a revolutionary art form developed in the early 20th century. Expressionist artists wanted to release the deeper emotions which they felt lay beneath the surface of everyday life.
An extraordinary collection of expressionist works are held at Leicester’s New Walk Museum and Art Gallery. A major new exhibition entitled “Expressionism: The Total Artwork” supported by the Arts Council opened in July 2014. As part of this project Paul Wyatt was commissioned to produce a series of six web films about prominent works in the collection as well as filming a number of half hour interviews with art historians and artists which can be viewed alongside the art works in the gallery space itself.
Franz Marc (1880-1916) was a German painter and print maker born in Munich, where he also studied. During visits to Paris in 1903 and 1907 he discovered French Impressionism and from 1907 onwards he began animal studies, including anatomy and movement.
Red Woman was one of Marc’s last paintings containing the human figure and reflects the humanistic idea of man’s interrelationship with nature. This short film discusses the importance of this work and how it came to be in the collection.
An extraordinary collection of expressionist works are held at Leicester’s New Walk Museum and Art Gallery. A major new exhibition entitled “Expressionism: The Total Artwork” supported by the Arts Council opened in July 2014. As part of this project Paul Wyatt was commissioned to produce a series of six web films about prominent works in the collection as well as filming a number of half hour interviews with art historians and artists which can be viewed alongside the art works in the gallery space itself.
Franz Marc (1880-1916) was a German painter and print maker born in Munich, where he also studied. During visits to Paris in 1903 and 1907 he discovered French Impressionism and from 1907 onwards he began animal studies, including anatomy and movement.
Red Woman was one of Marc’s last paintings containing the human figure and reflects the humanistic idea of man’s interrelationship with nature. This short film discusses the importance of this work and how it came to be in the collection.
