Artist in Montreal

This film introduces us to the "automatistes," followers of a form of abstract art that developed in Montréal; a movement initiated by Paul-Émile Borduas. The meaning of the movement is explained by the artists themselves when narrator Bruce Ruddick drops in at their cooperative studio, vi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	National Film Board of Canada
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Ottawa : National Film Board of Canada, 1954.
Series:	National Film Board Screening Room
Subjects:	Artists > Québec (Province) > Montréal. Art, Abstract > Québec (Province) > Montréal. Artistes > Québec (Province) > Montréal. Art, Abstract. Artists. Québec > Montréal. Québécois artists > Montreal > Québécois visual arts > Automatistes, Les > Automatism > Abstract paintings > Riopelle, Jean-Paul > Borduas, Paul-Émile > Culture > Art criticism Documentary films. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	This film introduces us to the "automatistes," followers of a form of abstract art that developed in Montréal; a movement initiated by Paul-Émile Borduas. The meaning of the movement is explained by the artists themselves when narrator Bruce Ruddick drops in at their cooperative studio, visits the painter Paterson Ewen at his home and joins the crowd at L'Échouerie, the artists' rendezvous. Dr. Robert Hubbard, chief curator of the National Gallery of Canada, comments on non-objective art in general and automatism in particular.
Physical Description:	1 streaming video file (30 min.) : digital, stereo, sound, black and white
Playing Time:	00:29:00
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience:	15-17.
Production Credits:	Director/script, Jean Palardy ; executive producer, Robert Anderson ; photography, Walter A. Sutton ; sound, E.C.H. Muir, John Locke ; editing, David Mayerovitch, Gwen Barnhill ; narrator, Bruce Ruddick ; producer/cast, Robert Anderson ; cast, Bruce Ruddick.