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A Visit to Picasso (1950)

A Visit to Picasso (1950)

Documentary
Release Date: 1950, August 20
Directors: Paul Haesaerts
Countries: Belgium
Production: Art et Cinéma
Cast: Frank Silvera, Pablo Picasso, Gérard Philipe

Overview:

In this short 20 minute black and white Belgian documentary, the director, Paul Haesaerts, visualised Pablo Picasso’s flow of imagination when the Spanish painter drew on large glass plates in front of the camera – like a live show of a greatest artist in performing a few masterstrokes that outlines a dove, bull, flower, man or woman and whatnot. (This technique of filming his painting from the other side of the glass plates precedes The Mystery of Picasso (1956), another famous documentary film on Picasso). (via http://www.kubrickians.com/2012/07/08/visite-picasso-1949-paul-haesaert/)

Keywords:

art