The Artist in the Modern World
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyAssociated-Rediffusion
started30th Sep
1959
ended9th Dec
1959
last rpt1st Dec
1959
1 school year
episodes9
duration25 mins
subject
🎨Art
age rangeAge 16-19
languageenIn English
The Artist in the Modern World is an ITV schools TV series from the 1950s, covering art for further education students.
- Associated-Rediffusion's first series for sixth forms - presented in the same term that Granada Television introduced Discovery for the same audience
- looking at artists at work, in fields such as painting, architecture, theatre and film
- beginning with an episode presented by Sir Kenneth Clark discussing the general aims of the series - which found many school viewers out of their depth!
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