Carrington: Dora Carrington

Synopsis
The work of Dora Carrington, who was known more as a personality of the Bloomsbury Group than as an artist. She was a highly talented painter and decorative artist whose career was cut short by her suicide in 1932. Much previously unknown work by Carrington was discovered during the making of the film.
Series
Five Women Painters, Series
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col 26 min.
Year of production
1989
Availability
Sale; 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects
Art
Keywords
Bloomsbury Group; Carrington, Dora; paintings - British

Credits

Director
Teresa Grimes
Producer
Steve Garvey

Production Company

Name

Paintbrush Productions

Sponsor

Name

Arts Council

Phone
020 7973 6820
Fax
020 7973 6449
Notes
Contact: Will Bell (7/99), e-mail will.bell@artscouncil.org.uk
Name

Channel Four Television

Phone
071-396 4444
Address
LONDON
SW1P 2TX

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.

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