To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
In the last decade, film-makers have increasingly
Please log in to add to collections.
Art on the BBC

In the last decade,film-makers have increasingly turned to personal primary sources. In...

In the last decade,
film-makers have increasingly turned to personal primary sources. In Painted With Words, Alan Yentob
used the letters of both van Gogh and Gauguin
to conjure their voices... ..and, in an early TV role, cast
Benedict Cumberbatch as Vincent. In his steady hands, the relationship looks very
different, and not so one-sided. Gauguin, in spite of himself... HE CHUCKLES ..and in spite of me... ..has proved to me a little it was
time to change things a bit. I'm now working from memory. And all my earlier studies will
still be useful for that work, as they will remind me of
former things that I have seen

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.068
In the last decade, film-makers have increasingly
00:00:03.068 --> 00:00:06.016
turned to personal primary sources.
00:00:07.064 --> 00:00:11.012
In Painted With Words, Alan Yentob used the letters of both
00:00:11.012 --> 00:00:14.048
van Gogh and Gauguin to conjure their voices...
00:00:16.048 --> 00:00:21.016
..and, in an early TV role, cast Benedict Cumberbatch as Vincent.
00:00:23.028 --> 00:00:24.084
In his steady hands,
00:00:24.084 --> 00:00:29.032
the relationship looks very different, and not so one-sided.
00:00:31.096 --> 00:00:34.048
Gauguin, in spite of himself...
00:00:34.048 --> 00:00:36.028
HE CHUCKLES
00:00:34.048 --> 00:00:36.028
..and in spite of me...
00:00:37.084 --> 00:00:43.024
..has proved to me a little it was time to change things a bit.
00:00:43.024 --> 00:00:45.016
I'm now working from memory.
00:00:46.028 --> 00:00:49.068
And all my earlier studies will still be useful for that work,
00:00:49.068 --> 00:00:55.068
as they will remind me of former things that I have seen.
Duration
56 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:29
Uploaded
Jun 07, 2025
Season
2
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the powerful way in which television influences our understanding of the world's greatest artists.
S02 • E03 Camille's death was the trigger for change in Monet's work. - Art on the BBC 00:15
Camille's death was the trigger for change in Monet...
S02 • E04 Painted in 1840, it depicts an atrocity from Britain's - Art on the BBC 00:31
Painted in 1840, it depicts an atrocity from Britain's
S02 • E03 Monet's new direction began here, in Giverny, near Paris. - Art on the BBC 00:29
Monet's new direction began here, in Giverny, near Pari...
S02 • E04 Turner's approach to this appalling tragedy was not that of - Art on the BBC 00:19
Turner's approach to this appalling tragedy was not tha...
S02 • E03 In the 1990s, the BBC's interest in Monet's garden suddenly expanded - Art on the BBC 00:46
In the 1990s, the BBC's interest in Monet's garden...
S02 • E04 There's no question that he's asking people to contemplate, - Art on the BBC 01:00
There's no question that he's asking people to con...
S02 • E02 It was so bizarre I couldn't take it. - Art on the BBC 00:51
It was so bizarre I couldn't take it.
S02 • E04 I think Simon Schama is absolutely right in his film when, you know, - Art on the BBC 00:42
I think Simon Schama is absolutely right in his film when, y...
S02 • E02 Well, Lust For Life, with all its terrific music, - Art on the BBC 00:18
Well, Lust For Life, with all its terrific music,
S02 • E04 Simon Schama makes a strong case - Art on the BBC 00:49
Simon Schama makes a strong case
S02 • E02 But while some programmes had a field day with the self-mutilation, - Art on the BBC 00:38
But while some programmes had a field day with the self-muti...
S02 • E01 The Americans fell in love with his paintings and, of course, - Art on the BBC 00:23
The Americans fell in love with his paintings and, of course...
S02 • E01 The portraits depict the elite of American society - Art on the BBC 00:53
The portraits depict the elite of American society
S02 • E04 This is his picture of a factory in the West Midlands. - Art on the BBC 00:51
This is his picture of a factory in the West Midlands.
S02 • E01 They seem to be at a gambling house, - Art on the BBC 00:46
They seem to be at a gambling house,
S02 • E03 But intriguingly, back in 1999, the year of mass Monet mania, - Art on the BBC 00:55
But intriguingly, back in 1999, the year of mass Monet mania...
S02 • E01 Actually, I wanted the dream sequences - Art on the BBC 00:28
Actually, I wanted the dream sequences
S02 • E03 Monet was not a religious man and Andrew conveys - Art on the BBC 00:50
Monet was not a religious man and Andrew conveys
S02 • E02 Van Gogh's mind fascinates us. For decades, we've considered him - Art on the BBC 00:21
Van Gogh's mind fascinates us. For decades, we've ...
S02 • E03 In an act of painterly transubstantiation, Monet turns - Art on the BBC 00:17
In an act of painterly transubstantiation, Monet turns