Arthur Boyd: figures in a landscape (Captioned)

A fascinating program that looks at the painting of Australian artist, Arthur Boyd. For the purposes of this peacefully but not passively photographed documentary, Arthur Boyd completed two different paintings of the same scene, an interior and exterior interpretation of bathers and water-skiers who regularly churn up the tranquillity outside his door, explaining as he works, his inspiration and intention.

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Credits

producer

Don Featherstone

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323971

Language

English

Subject categories

Closed captioning

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian

People → Boyd, Arthur, 1920-

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1985

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