Documentary · 1953 · 28m

Artists Must Live

Director

Cast

Reg Butler as Self Clifford Ellis as Self Patrick Heron as Self Ivor Hitchens as Self Rodrigo Moynihan as Self John Piper as Self

Crew

John Elliot — Producer

Tagline

Little in life comes free: one question that should be asked of any art form is who's paying for it.

Synopsis

Art historian Basil Taylor presents the film and interviews several of its subjects, in between leisurely sequences surveying paintings and sculptures to the strains of the BBC Radio Orchestra.

Key Collaborators

John Read Director John Elliot Producer

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