The Nightmare World of Beksinski - Biographical Documentary

Polish artist Zdzisław Beksiński was born in 1929 and his formative years were spent under German occupation during the WW2 and later Soviet domination. Beginning as a photographer he moved into drawing, sculpting and later painting and is best known for his instantly recognisable, dark surrealist paintings and unique apocalyptic vision of the world. In this biographical documentary I explore the life of the creator of these unsettling dystopian dreamscapes, to try to find out what kind of man could have produced such nightmarish works of art. He led an extraordinary life – he was original, prolific and immensely influential as an artist – but his life was tinged by tragedy towards the end…. and he met a sudden violent end himself, that no-one saw coming. Finding Out More I have added some of the best books on Beksinski to my Amazon Store Page. https://www.amazon.com/shop/professor... Copyright Disclaimer The primary purpose of this video is educational. I have tried to use material in the public domain or with Creative Commons Non-attribution licences wherever possible. Where attribution is required, I have listed this below. I believe that any copyright material used falls under the remit of Fair Use, but if any content owners would like to dispute this, I will not hesitate to immediately remove that content. It is not my intention to infringe on content ownership in any way. If you happen to find your art or images in the video, please let me know and I will be glad to credit you. Images Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Culture Poland Internet Archive https://www.beksinskiarchiwum.net/ Music Arnold Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2 op. 10 -Carmel String Quartet, with soprano Rona Israel-Kolatt. CC3 Mahler Symphony No. 5, II. Stürmisch bewegt, mit größter Vehemenz. Peabody Symphony Orchestra. CCO Gustav Mahler Symphony No.6 Recorded and played by Reinhold Behringer CC3.0 Mahler Symphony No. 5, IV. Adagietto. Peabody Symphony Orchestra. CCO Vladan L. Kuzmanović, Prelude For Broken Piano No. 2, Conceptual piece, 2019 CC4.0 Friedrich Nietzsche - Albumblatt. Vladan L. Kuzmanović: Technical Etude no. 1 for Piano in C Major, called Walter Etude, CC4.0 Cinus Laurent - Prélude n°2. Free Art Licence. Misha Dioxin - Home World by CC4.0 Misha Dioxin - Aurora CC4.0 Chris Zabriskie Prelude No. 15 Kosta T Castello di Trokai 8 CC4 Kosta T Castello di Trokai 7 CC4 Holst - The Planets, op. 32 - Mars, the bringer of war. Skidmore College Orchestra. Musopen. CC0 Prokoviev – Dance of the Knights Romeo and Juliet Orchestra of Royal Opera House Kai Engel: Oecumene Sleeps by CC4.0 MusicLFiles - The Lament Of The Warfields CC4.0 Misha Dioxin From the Arctic Circle - To the southern seas CC4.0 Video edited by Manavi Sakunika and produced by Graeme Yorston and Tom Yorston