Explores the relationship between the artist and his patron. Shows the problems facing contemporary artists and the opportunities offered by institutional and industrial sponsors, the modern successors to wealthy private patrons. Painters and sculptors featured in this film include John Piper, Keith Vaughan, Patrick Heron, Ridrigo Moynihan, Evor Hitchens, Reg Butler, Clifford Ellis, J.M.W. Turner, Jacob Epstein and Henry Moore. The narrator is the well-known art critic Basil Taylor; the film includes scenes at the Slade School, the Bath Academy, the Tate Gallery, and other centres of art in Britain.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
000587
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Great Britain
Crafts & Visual Arts → Butler, Reg
Crafts & Visual Arts → Moore, Henry, 1898-1986
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculptors
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculptors - Great Britain
Crafts & Visual Arts → Turner, J.M.W. (Joseph Mallord William)
People → Epstein, Jacob, Sir, 1880-1959
People → Moore, Henry, 1898-1986
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)