
Belgian art historian and filmmaker Paul Haesaerts (1901–1974) made a significant contribution to the promotion of modern Flemish art. In the late 1940s, he started experimenting with the medium of film to practice a new form of lens-based art criticism. The understudied documentary "Quatre peintres belges au travail" (1952) presents Belgian artists Edgar Tytgat, Albert Dasnoy, Jean Brusselmans and Paul Delvaux at work in their studio. On a large sheet of glass placed in front of the camera, they each paint one of the seasons that also represent a stage in a person’s life. A close reading of this Kodachrome color film sheds light on the context of mid-century art reproductions, mass media and post-war Flemish culture. It also examines in what way this film operates as Haesaerts’s concept of cinéma critique, while raising questions as to the way Haesaerts attempted to reconcile the spatial art of painting with the temporal medium of film.
Edgard Tytgat
Self
Albert Dasnoy
Self
Jean Brusselmans
Self

Paul Delvaux
Self

Hakob Hovnatanyan
Hakob Hovnatanyan

The Thinnest Line
The Thinnest Line

John Craxton: A Life of Gifts
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts

From Okinawa with Love
From Okinawa with Love
Angkor - Ein Urwaldgeheimnis in Kambodscha
Angkor - Ein Urwaldgeheimnis in Kambodscha

Arthur Penn: The Director
Arthur Penn: The Director

Robert Morris: Retrospective
Robert Morris: Retrospective

Fanalysis
Fanalysis
Darts in the Dark: An Introduction to W.O. Mitchell
Darts in the Dark: An Introduction to W.O. Mitchell

Fall 2
Fall 2

White Earth
White Earth

Little Sahara
Little Sahara