MFAH Film Series – Armchair Travel: Old Master Exhibition on Screen – Munch (Thursday & Sunday)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents an MFAH Film Series – Armchair Travel: Old Master Exhibition on Screen.

This summer, marvel, and delight at the work of six of the greatest painters in the history of art in the comfort of Brown Auditorium Theate r— Rembrandt, Goya, Vermeer, Munch, Matisse, and Renoir.

Produced by London-based Exhibition on Screen, these films feature blockbuster art exhibitions from galleries in Europe and the USA. Each film explores the process of putting the exhibition together, the exhibition’s key works, commentary and interviews with curators and leading art historians, and a revealing biography of the artist.

Munch from the Munch Museum and National Museum, Oslo
In 2013, all of Norway celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch (1863–1944), one of the towering figures of Modern art. The National Museum and the Munch Museum, both in Oslo, cohosted the exhibition Munch 150 (June–October 2013). Featuring 220 paintings, it brought together the greatest number of Munch’s key works ever on view in one exhibition, and was rightfully hailed as a “once-in-a-lifetime show.”

Global interest was huge—not least as a result of one of Munch’s four paintings of The Scream having recently set a public art auction record of $120 million. Many know Munch as the man who painted The Scream, but his complete works are remarkable, and secure his place as one of the greatest artists ever to have lived.

This film goes behind the scenes to show some of the process of putting the exhibition together, and provides an in-depth biography of a man who lived from the mid-19th century right through the German occupation of Norway in World War II.

Host Tim Marlow interviews a number of special guests who offer their expert insight and knowledge on Munch’s life and work.

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