Jack Tworkov

Duration: 0:30:00

Genre: Art | Biographical (Nonfiction) | Interview

Year Published: 1966

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | National Educational Television: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Introduces the abstract expressionism of Jack Tworkov and his feelings about the meaningfulness of his work, along with a description of the events which led him to become an artist. Presents him working on a painting, discussing his interest in producing what he calls organic form or shape by using a straight line and changing its contour while keeping its origin and end points the same. Shows several examples of his long-stroke abstract paintings which established him as one of America's major contemporary painters.

Complete Record: , Introduces the abstract expressionism of Jack Tworkov and his feelings about the meaningfulness of his work, along with a description of the events which led him to become an artist. Presents him working on a painting, discussing his interest in producing what he calls organic form or shape by using a straight line and changing its contour while keeping its origin and end points the same. Shows several examples of his long-stroke abstract paintings which established him as one of America's major contemporary painters.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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