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.