Russian Art Show
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- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 8
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Russian Art Show. DESCRIPTION: A comprehensive exhibition of Russian paintings is being shown at the Royal Academy, in London. The 13th Century Icon Death of the Virgin is the earliest exhibited. Seen with the editor of the Soviet Magazine ART, Mr Zimenko, was Sir Charles Wheeler, RA President. This fine collection is the first of its kind to be shown in the West. SHOTLIST: CU details of picture ‘Descent into Hell’ (key). MS men stand up picture. Closer same. CU man on steps. CU picture ‘Death of the Virgin’. CU Face of Virgin closer. MS Mr Zimenko & Sir Charles Wheeler talk. MS same looking at ‘Civil War’. CU soldiers in painting. CU boy soldier. CU delegation at table in ‘Delegates from the village meet Lenin’ by Serov. CU Lenin. CU delegation. MS ‘Communists under cross examination’ by Johanson. CU man with sword. CU two Communists. CU back of man. CU ‘Tolstoy’ painted by Repin. MS landscape - ‘March 1895’ by Plastov. CU man drinking in picture. CU threshing. MS picture.
- Keywords
- Arts and crafts; Newspapers; Exhibitions and shows
- Locations
- London; England
- Card file number
- 75845
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 95
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How to cite this record
'Russian Art Show', British Movietone News Issue No. 1543A, 1 Jan 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22779 (Accessed 01 Mar 2025)