The Training of Painters

Looks at the training of artists from the Renaissance to the present and the relationship between prevailing styles in art and corresponding art school doctrine. Filmed at the Slade School, London; Royal College of Art; Royal Academies of Art; the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; and the Rhode Island School of Design. Includes archival footage of Joseph Albers teaching at Yale University. Closed Captioned.

More in Painter's World Series

  1. The Artist and the Nude 1985
  2. The Training of Painters 1987
  3. Abstraction 1988
  4. Painting and the Public: Patronage, Museums and the Art Market 1988
  5. Portraits 1988
  6. The Arrested Movement 1988

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, description, catalog record