Paul Haesaerts

Bezoek aan Picasso

Paul Haesaerts

Pablo Picasso, Gérard Philipe

In this short 20 minute black and white Belgian documentary, the director, Paul Haesaerts, visualised Pablo Picasso’s flow of imagination when the Spanish painter drew on large glass plates in front of the camera – like a live show of a greatest artist in performing a few masterstrokes that outlines a dove, bull, flower, man or woman and whatnot. (This technique of filming his painting from the other side of the glass plates precedes The Mystery of Picasso (1956), another famous documentary film on Picasso). (via http://www.kubrickians.com/2012/07/08/visite-picasso-1949-paul-haesaert/)

Rubens

Henri Storck, Paul Haesaerts

Paul Haesaerts

This surreal abstract film falls into three sections, or movements, the first taking place on the ground, the second in the air and the third again on the ground. In the first movement various motifs or themes are introduced, which are again picked up and developed in the third movement. Six spheres, evolved in the first movement, become the sole subject matter–or “dancers”–of the second movement, which consists of a simple type of ballet using the floor-plan choreography or traditional ballet as a basis of interest.

From Renoir to Picasso

Paul Haesaerts

1950 Belgian short documentary by Paul Haesaerts

Een gouden eeuw-de kunst der Vlaamse primitieven

Paul Haesaerts

The movie sings the praises of eight portraits of fifteenth and sixteenth century masters at the pinnacle of Flemish painting.

Four Belgian Painters at Work

Paul Haesaerts

Four Belgian Painters at Work: short Belgian documentary by Paul Haesaerts (1952)

Réunion d'artistes

Henri Storck

Paul Delvaux, Edgard Tytgat

A family film, a short summer film, made to record the joy of being together. But what a family! Léon Spilliaert, Paul Delvaux, Edgar Tytgat and his wife Maria, Luc and Paul Haessaerts. A garden, some seats and a camera that films the group of friends. They talk (given all the jollity, laughter and gestures seen it is a shame that it is a silent film). A period document only a few minutes long, a witness that puts names to faces, a reminder of a sunny afternoon. Emotion that loses itself in the moment.