Artwise

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2107A
Date Released
23 Oct 1969
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Artwise. DESCRIPTION: A London exhibition by three girls who specialise in painting horses. Taking up the reins of Sir Alfred Munnings, their work is eagerly sought after by owners, trainers and others who love and admire horseflesh. In contrast, an artist in Miniature, Roger Curtis who claims to have painted the smallest picture in the world, in the eye of a needle. Czechoslovakian artist Christo choses the other extreme, covering whole cliffsides with thousands of square feet of plastic to express his artistic inspiration. SHOTLIST: MS 3 girl artists walk into exhibition building. MCU painting of horse by one of the girls. MS paintings. 5 shots of paintings by Susan Crawford of the Spanish riding school in Vienna. 4 shots painting of horse racing by Leesa Sandys-Lumsdaine. MS painting of circus horse by Sarah Ponsonby. MS stallion show by Leesa Sandys-Lumsdaine. MS pictures of the ‘hunt’ and racehorses by ditto. Zoom in through magnifying glass, to one of the smallest paintings in the world by Roger Curtis. MS ‘Mini’ portraits. MS portrait President Pompidou. MS portrait General de Gaulle. MS pair of tweezers. MS portrait in the eye of a needle. MS Curtis at work. CU ditto. MS view through magnifying glass of portrait. MCU ditto. MS view through glass of Roger Curtis. MS portrait through glass. MS mini portrait Brigitte Bardot. MS Curtis with portraits. MS portraits. MCU portrait. GV zoom out beach. MS Czech artist Christo. MCU ditto. TS rocks covered with plastic. 2 shots rock climbers and art students looking after ditto. CU plastic. MS plastic flapping in wind. TS rock climber. MCU rock covered in plastic. MLS Christo walks on ditto. GV plastic covered cliffs.
Keywords
Environment; Curiosities; Arts and crafts; Records; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
France; Paris; London; Sydney; Australia; United Kingdom
Footage sources
France
Card file number
95220
Credits:
Camera
John Mould
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
215
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Artwise', British Movietone News Issue No. 2107A, 23 Oct 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28058 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)