Battle on Canvas The Creation of a Monumental Painting by Werner Tübke

In 1987 after over ten years of work Werner Tübke 19292004 one of East Germanys most important painters completed the monumental oiloncanvas painting The Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany Painted in the Renaissance styles of Albrecht Dürer and Albrecht Altdorfer the paintingmeasuring 14 meters high and 123 meters wideis in the Panorama Museum in Bad Frankenhausen Thuringia the site of the last battle of the German Peasants War The museum was specifically built for the painting one of the most figurative in recent art historyInterspersed with interviews with the artist the documentary follows the complicated and elaborate creation of the monumental work from signing the contract in 1976 to the last brush stroke on September 11 1987 In 2011 the Panorama Museum was awarded the European Seal of Cultural Heritage