Keith Vaughan

Synopsis

Traces Keith Vaughan’s life and art from his public school days and the war years, to teaching in London art schools, and the final period of self-imposed withdrawal before his suicide at 65. The film’s commentary comprises readings from the journal which Vaughan kept (an edited version was published in 1966) and interviews with the art critic Bryan Robertson and the editor of the ‘London Magazine’, Alan Ross.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.

Year of production

1984

Availability

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Uses

Art students.*

Keywords

biographies; paintings; Vaughan, Keith

Credits

Director

John Bulmer

Writer

Hetty Einzig

Production Company

Name

Balfour Films

Sponsor

Name

Arts Council of Great Britain

Phone

020 7973 6455

Fax

020 7973 6581

Address

London
SW1P 3NG

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.