Visit to Picasso (1950)

Original title

Bezoek aan Picasso

Directed by

Paul Haesaerts

Genre

documentary film

Country

Belgium

Runtime

21 min

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary shows Pablo Picasso painting on glass plates while the filmmaker captures the process from the opposite side. It follows the artist in his studio in Vallauris and explores how his paintings take shape.

observationalintimatecreativeretrospectiveinnovativeunderstatedplayfulcalm

What happens

Visit to Picasso ("Bezoek aan Picasso") is a short Belgian documentary film from 1949 about painter Pablo Picasso, directed by Belgian filmmaker Paul Haesaerts. In an effort to capture the nature of Picasso's creative process, Paul Haesaerts asked the Spanish painter to apply his magical brushstrokes to large glass plates as Haesaerts filmed from the other side. This film actually predated the more famous art film The Mystery of Picasso (1956) by Henri-Georges Clouzot, in which Picasso painted on large transparent canvases as the director filmed from the other side. The filming took place in Picasso's studio in Vallauris. In 1951, Visit to Picasso was nominated for best documentary by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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