Alfred Munnings-Man vs Modern Art

Alfred Munnings, the larger than life head of the English Royal Academy was known for two things. His love of painting horses and his hatred for Modern Art. Art History has not been kind to Munnings but does he deserve the ridicule he gets from contemporary art critics? In this video we explore the life and times of Munnings with a focus on his infamous speech to the academy in which he roasted the likes of Picasso and Matisse for their inability to render nature. Munnings in the end is a man set against his own times railing against the oncoming wave of modern art which was tearing apart his very conception of art itself.

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Audio clips of Munnings speech come from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01snykf



Music used

Gymnopedie No. 3 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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