| PICTURE PERSONALITIES - AUGUSTUS JOHN Very good footage of the artist Augustus John at work and play. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7100 | |
| Catalog #: | 41065 | |
| Clip Number: | 41065-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 1 | |
| Timecode: | 01:55:49 - 01:59:16 | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Year Shot: | 1944 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ART: Painting LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Misc OCCUPATIONS: Artist | |
| Description: | PICTURE PERSONALITIES - AUGUSTUS JOHN Very good footage of the artist Augustus John at work and play Two soldiers in uniform look at a painting of General Montgomery. We then see the artist Augustus John at home and at work. Various good shots of John painting, sketching and enjoying his garden. John smokes a pipe throughout. John uses a special device with a long handle to prune some trees. A young boy joins the artist in the garden - he is John Cole, the son of Mavis Cole. Mavis is the subject of John's current painting. John shows the young boy a book he is reading. Mavis looks out of a window as John shouts up to her that he is ready to begin painting. We follow him up a staircase to his studio. His house is of a modern design. M/S of Mavis as she walks up the stairs. She sits in a chair in the studio and we see John at work and Mavis posing. Good travelling shot over John's paints and brushes which are scattered over a large table. The artist and his model are seen in silhouette against a large window. Good shots of the two of them as the painting takes shape. Mavis has a rest - she sits on a window seat smoking a cigarette. John is shown at work on a very large canvas. | |
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