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Invitation to Art; Childhood
Part of From the Vault.
06/23/1960
Direct from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This series explores man and the world around him through the eyes of artists, past and present, and aims to develop an understanding of art as a direct expression of universal emotions. As the host, Dr. Brian O'Doherty, young Irish poet, painter and art critic, brings a fresh, witty and warmly human point of view to the visual arts. Dr. Brian O'Doherty, a native of Ireland, was a Fellow for Research in Education at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Formerly, he was art critic, reviewer for the Dublin Magazine and lecturer at the National Gallery of Ireland. In this episode, ODoherty showcases art housed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston that focuses on children and childhood. Art featured includes paintings by Andre Derain, Thomas Sully, Winslow Homer, Pierre-Auguste Renoir & John Singleton Copley.
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- Series
- Invitation to Art
- Program
- Childhood
- Program Number
01
- Series Description
This series explores man and the world around him through the eyes of artists, past and present, and aims to develop an understanding of art as a direct expression of universal emotions. As the host, Dr. Brian O'Doherty, young Irish poet, painter and art critic, brings a fresh, witty and warmly human point of view to the visual arts. He follows, through these arts, the cycle of man from childhood to old age and ? the society in which man lives in all its aspects -- tragic, comic and mundane. O'Doherty uses works of art now on display in the galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to illustrate the programs. Patricia Barnard of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts supervises production. Her assistant is Thalia Kennedy of the museum staff. Dr. Brian O'Doherty, a native of Ireland, is now a Fellow for Research in Education at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. Formerly, he was art critic for the Irish ?? , reviewer for the Dublin Magazine and lecturer at the National Gallery of Ireland. His paintings have been exhibited in a number of galleries, and his poetry has appeared in a number of journals on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. He received a U.S. " of State all-expense Fellowship to Harvard University in 1957. B/W, C. 1960. Series release date: 1959
- Duration
00:29:11
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Painting
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Childhood
- Art & Arts
- Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815
- Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910
- Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
- O'Doherty, Brian
- Etching
- Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919
- Derain, Andre¿, 1880-1954
- Genres
- Educational
- Topics
- Fine Arts
- Creators
- Noble, Paul (Series Producer)
- Contributors
- Noble, Paul (Director)
- O'Doherty, Brian (Host)
- Vento, Frank (Other (see note))
- Barnard, Patricia (Producer)
- Kennedy, Thalia (Assistant Producer)
- Publication Information
- Presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Invitation to Art; Childhood,” 06/23/1960, GBH Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_22C1033ADCF3421683F58DF42F92E82C.
- MLA: “Invitation to Art; Childhood.” 06/23/1960. GBH Archives. Web. December 22, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_22C1033ADCF3421683F58DF42F92E82C>.
- APA: Invitation to Art; Childhood. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_22C1033ADCF3421683F58DF42F92E82C