Neo Rauch is one of the most important German contemporary artists. His pictures, often dark and disturbing, wavering between fantasy and reality, objectivism and abstraction, fascinate a large international audience. The filmmaker and author Rudij Bergmann meets the painter from Leipzig in his studio and observes him in preparation for an exhibition at the "Metropolitan Museum of Art" in New York. He tries to perceive the artist's way of thinking and to discover the world view behind his unsettling and irritating paintings.

Neo Rauch: A German Painter

“Impressionism is female”: we understand this when we consider Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès and Marie Bracquemond, four outstanding artists who developed distinct Impressionist subjects and manners of painting. All four knew each other, were regulars in the contemporary artist circles of Paris and, above all, shared a common fate: they were talented women in a world ruled by men. The documentary by Rudij Bergmann, an expert on impressionalism, which was filmed in France and the United States tells the story of the four women, placing their works at the centre of reflection on aesthetic, historical but also social matters. Set against the backdrop of Paris in the late 19th century, it reveals a new dimension of this fascinating and revolutionary period of art.