Painting · Film · Original Music

Art Films

These films combine public-domain painting with my own music and slow visual movement. The paintings remain central, while music, editing and camera movement open an additional perspective on the works.

Claude Monet · 4K

Lina’s Gentle World — Water Lilies

Monet’s water lilies, bridges and gardens with music I composed for Lina.

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Vincent van Gogh · 4K

Vincent van Gogh — 60 Masterpieces

More than two hours, 60 paintings and a continuous sequence of my own compositions.

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Vincent van Gogh · 4K

The King and the Three Castles

A second major Van Gogh film with original music and its own visual dramaturgy.

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Caspar David Friedrich · 5 Parts

Five Journeys Through Silence and Light

63 paintings in five thematic journeys through sea, ice, ruins, nature and human horizons.

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Lovis Corinth · Chamber Music

The Violinist — Chromatic Ostinato

Corinth’s violinist meets my string quartet “Chromatic Ostinato”.

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Edgar Degas · Orchestra

Unseen Currents

Degas’ world of theatre and ballet combined with my own orchestral music.

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Hilma af Klint · Early Abstraction

Here Comes Lina

A celebration of new life with brass, saxophones and Hilma af Klint’s visionary paintings.

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J. M. W. Turner · Five-Part 4K Series

Turner — Light, Sea, Mountains and the Modern World

The completed series moves through sea and storm, fire and steam, cities in light, mountains and architecture, and Turner’s late freedom of light and colour. An additional Turner film is linked separately.

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Written by Bernd Klein; Last modified: August 31, 2026