| The Painter Alexei Shevkonyenko | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 645 |
| Catalog #: | 448168 | |
| Clip Number: | 448168-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | SCR5118B | |
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| Location: | USSR | |
| Year Shot: | 1975 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ART: Painting | |
| Description: | "The paintings and life of the painter Alexei Shevkonyenko. Early in his career, he concentrated on still life; but as society influenced him, he dealt with industrial subjects, construction, World War Two, Moscow, the destruciton of Kiev, and the joy of Victory. He was also an excellent portrait painter and continued to paint into his 80s." Art, artist. 01:20:29:- EST CU's of a secluded forest, intercut with ECU details of the painter's work. TITLE CARD. MS's of a woman standing in the painter's old studio. Stills of the painter as a boy, followed by great (yet quick) archival newreel of Victorian society: walking along bustling streets, attending operas, etc. Nice EST shots of St. Petersburg, the places Alexei frequented and the studio were he studied. CU details of his early works. Still of him as a young man. 01:24:32:- MS of a wall filled with his early naturalist work, followed by CU details. Rather academic paintings. 01:27:35:- B&W newsreel of Soviet industrial areas, followed by stills of him painting and CU details of his work influenced by the Industrial Revolution; energetic and colorful paintings, award-winning at that; offer a different perspective (vision) of an industrial wasteland, soemthing the newsreels could not record. Focus-in CU details of more artwork, colorful still lifes and such. 01:31:00:- World War Two newsreel: MS of soldiers' shadows on pavement; MS of soldiers marching; LS of zeppelins floating over a city (?); LS's of a nightime ground to air battle. CU details of Alexei's work during this period. Many portraits of Soviet war heros. More newsreel footage, the destruction of Kiev. More CU details of Alexei's work from this period, slowly making his way back to nature and still lifes. B&W newsreel of Alexei, then 60, working and teaching at the Soviet Academy of Arts. Panning INT shots of Alexei's painting studio. More CU details of his paintings. | |
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