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AB - A documentary on the life of Albert Bloch

The first film on American Expressionist Albert Bloch, a leading figure in 20th century modern art.

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AB - A documentary on the life of Albert Bloch

AB - A documentary on the life of Albert Bloch

AB - A documentary on the life of Albert Bloch

AB - A documentary on the life of Albert Bloch

AB - A documentary on the life of Albert Bloch

The first film on American Expressionist Albert Bloch, a leading figure in 20th century modern art.

The first film on American Expressionist Albert Bloch, a leading figure in 20th century modern art.

The first film on American Expressionist Albert Bloch, a leading figure in 20th century modern art.

The first film on American Expressionist Albert Bloch, a leading figure in 20th century modern art.

Tim DePaepe
Tim DePaepe
Tim DePaepe
Tim DePaepe
1 Campaign |
Kansas City, United States
$8,671 USD 38 backers
14% of $60,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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DVD or Download

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Piping Pierrot Coffee Cup

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Ragtime Coffee Cup

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The Mountain Coffee Cup

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Night II Coffee Cup

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Summer Night T-Shirt

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Night II T-Shirt

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The Dancer (Ragtime) T-Shirt

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Still Life T-Shirt

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Literary Perspectives

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Summer Night Poster

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The Two disc special

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Albert Bloch & The Blue Rider

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The American Blue Rider

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Why Albert Bloch Matters:

"AB" is the first documentary on the life and work of Albert Bloch, an unconventional painter and poet whose story challenges the accepted history of modern art.  Bloch was the lone American of the revolutionary art movement Der Blaue Reider (1911-1914) in Munich, Germany, which included Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, and Paul Klee.


 For mysterious reasons, after Bloch left Germany in 1921, he retreated to Lawrence, Kansas, hidden from the commercial art community until his death in 1961. Bloch left behind an extraordinary legacy of hundreds of images that feed the intellect and stir the soul.  The discovery of Bloch’s work in 1984 provoked disputation about the origin of modernism.  His unusual life and attitude toward the art establishment raise questions about how artists and great works of art are judged, and who sets the standards.

 

As historians, curators, and gallery owners continue their debate, AB’s paintings now hang in influential museums around the world, including the Chicago Art Institute, the Jewish Museum in New York City, the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, and the Lenbach Haus in Munich.

Regardless of one’s opinion on Bloch’s prominence, there is no question that he is an artist who occupies a central place in the pantheon of painters who shaped 20th-century art. Using Bloch’s own words, “AB” creates an eyewitness account of a moment pivotal in the history of art.

From the Director:

As a filmmaker, I am dedicated to telling stories of marginalized individuals whose lives lie outside conventional society.  This film is my passion project, a decade plus long journey. We have fashioned and designed a unique filmic portrait of an artist regarded by many historians as "the greatest American painter no-one ever heard of." At the heart of this documentary is a mystery about why art touches people and the question of how artists become known and are judged. Told in his own words through writings and poetry, the film explores one man’s struggle with the trappings of “art world” fame versus the spiritual inward truths he found.

Why we want your support:

We still have a third of the film to shoot, most of that in Germany. We need to raise $60,000 to finish production and post-production.

PRODUCTION:

Travel to Munich for much-needed interviews with different scholars of German Art. Additional shooting in Chicago and New York.

POST PRODUCTION:

Hiring the editor and music composer, licensing the stock footage, motion graphics animation, additional film transfers, sound design, sound-mix and color correction.

This is the most important part of the remaining production process for which we need your financial help.  Without it, we cannot move forward. 

How you can help:

First of all, please SHARE this page:

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It is very easy; just click on the link above— like us, tweet us, give us a shout-out on your favorite social media platform. You can also share the link via email to tell your friends and family.

Give what you can. We know everyone has a different capacity to give, but every single dollar helps. Your donations will cover our film production expenses—that's huge. If you give, share it. Tell the world you've made a donation, and they should too!

Gifts:

The Albert Bloch foundation has granted us permission to reproduce a few of Bloch’s paintings as t-shirts and coffee cups.


Summer Night T-shirt

Night II t-shirt

The Dancer t-shirt

Still life as a t-shirt 

 We have several out of print full color catalogues from exhibitions, and three different books.


 We are offering a limited number of "Summer Night" posters.


 Most importantly, we have an actual original work of Albert Bloch’s art donated by the Albert Bloch Foundation as our most exciting gift of all. 


The Team:

Tim De Paepe: Director/Producer/Co-writer

As an editor Tim  has cut a wide variety of genres, TV news, dramas, marketing, cooperate video, documentaries and  shorts. He was one of four cinematographers on the indie film, “CSA”, that played at the 2004 Sundance film festival.  He directed the award-winning documentary “Shades of Gray,” seen in over sixty-film festivals worldwide, winning the jury prize at the Festival International Du Film Independent Brussels, Belgium, additionally winning Best Documentary at the Temecula Valley International Film Festival.  Tim was also nominated for the IDA Award with “Shades of Gray”. He directed a segment for indie-film guru John Pierson's IFC show "Spilt Screen. 

Holmes Osborne: Voice of Albert Bloch

An actor, best known for starring in Richard Kelly's films Donnie Darko (2001), Southland Tales (2007), The Box (2009), and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). He has also played the father of Guy Patterson in the movie That Thing You Do!, and starred in the movie Bring it On. Osborne starred as the main villain in the Disney film, Air Buddies (2006). He has made appearances in TV shows such as House M. D., Cold Case, CSI: Miami, Dharma & Greg and a recurring role in Invasion. In 1999 he guest starred, along with Lance Henriksen (reprising his role as Frank Black), in an episode of The X-Files as a necromancer for the Millennium Group.Holmes Osborne was born on November 7, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

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