This episode we’re thrilled to be joined by friend of the show Louis Bennett (insta @louisben1995) for a special on painters on screen.

We discuss some old favourites, some new discoveries, a couple of real stinkers and much more in a wide-ranging discussion about screen representations of fictional, contemporary and historical painters’ lives, work and times. Check below for the full filmography!

Louis’ latest show, ‘Ariel’, is exhibiting at the Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (https://bit.ly/3znSUuf) in Wandsworth, London until 31st July and includes the cover image of this episode, 'It Was Written'.

Featuring covers of ‘When I Paint My Masterpiece’ by Bob Dylan & The Band, ‘When I Was a Painter’ by The Breeders, ‘Painter in Your Pocket’ by Destroyer and ‘Painter Man’ by The Creation.

Filmography (in order of appearance):

Mrs. Lowry and Son (Adrian Noble, 2019)Miss Potter (Chris Noonan, 2006)Lust For Life (Vincente Minnelli, 1956)The Horse’s Mouth (Ronald Neame, 1954)The Rebel (Robert Day, 1961)The Square (Ruben Ostlund, 2017)Dinner for Schmucks (Jay Roach, 2010)The Draughtsman’s Contract (Peter Greenaway, 1982)Dont Let The Riverbeast Get You! (Charles Roxburgh, 2012)Mr. Turner (Mike Leigh, 2014)After Hours (Martin Scorsese, 1985)Life Lessons (Martin Scorsese, 1989)Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Celine Sciamma, 2019)The Belly of an Architect (Peter Greenaway, 1987)The Agony and The Ecstasy (Carol Reed, 1964)Final Portrait (Stanley Tucci, 2017)Nightwatching (Peter Greenaway, 2008)The Da Vinci Code (Ron Howard, 2007)The Mill & The Cross (Lech Majewski, 2011)La Kermesse Heroique (Jacques Feyder, 1936)Andrei Rublev (Andrey Tarkovsky, 1968)The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)Rembrandt (Alexander Korda, 1936)Rembrandt fecit 1669 (Jos Stelling, 1977)A Bigger Splash (Jack Hazan, 1973)The Quince Tree Sun (Victor Erice, 1992)The Mystery of Picasso (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1958)Caravaggio (Jarman, 1986)Artemisia (Agnes Merlet, 1997)Frida Still Life (Paul Deluc, 1983)Frida (Julie Taymor, 2002)At Eternity’s Gate (Julian Schnabel, 2018)Basquiat (Julian Schnabel, 2000)Vincent & Theo (Robert Altman, 1991)Van Gogh (Maurice Pialat, 1991)Loving Vincent (Dorota Kobeila & Hugh Welchmann, 2017)Csontvary (Zoltan Huszarik & Ferenc Olasz, 1980)Klimt (Raul Ruiz, 2006)The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (Raul Ruiz, 1978)Pirosmani (Giorgi Shengelaia, 1969)Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme (Sergei Parajanov, 1985)Schalken the Painter (Leslie Megahey, 1979)Pollock (Ed Harris, 2000)Love is the Devil (John Maybury, 1998)Edvard Munch (Peter Watkins, 1974)Montparnasse 19 (Max Ophuls & Jacques Becker, 1958)

Bibliography:John A. Walker, Art and Artists on Screen (1993)David Bovey, The artist biopic: a historical analysis of narrative cinema, 1934-2010 (unpublished 2015 PhD thesis).

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Co-produced by Emmett Cruddas and Sam Storey