Old masters, new visions: from the Phillips Collection

This video features a selection from the 71 works exhibited as the “Old Masters-New Visions” exhibition, from the Phillips Collection, Washington DC, at the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth and the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. The video was shot in the Australian National Gallery and features the works of El Greco, Goya, Chardin, Ingres, Constable, Courbet, Monet, Cezanne, Renoir, Van Gogh, Rousseau, Marc, Kandinsky, Bonnard, Braque, Matisse and Rothko.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

Robert Walker

producer

Steve Isaac

production company

Australian Capital TV

Australian National Gallery

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325089

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Exhibitions

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1987

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