Paintings have often appeared in movies - no wonder, you can show them in all their splendor on the screen. Although they usually serve only to decorate the interior, there are exceptions - paintings can be an important part of the plot, reveal the characters of the characters in the movie and even help to predict the finale. About the famous paintings that appeared in good movies, we will talk about in this article.
In the 1997 comedy "Mr. Bean", the plot is built around Whistler's painting "Arrangement in gray and black, the artist's mother".
James Whistler. Arranged in gray and black, the artist's mother
Mr. Bean is in his repertoire - he works in the London Art Gallery and by coincidence goes to California to accompany a painting by Whistler bought by the non-existent Grierson Gallery for 50 million dollars. But only to reach the place in one piece and safety picture with such an escort could not - Mr. Bean doused the original solvent, replaced it with a fake, which was sent to America - the fact that the naked cheerful girl on the canvas does not resemble the mother of Whistler, Mr. Bean did not confuse Mr. Bean.
Frames from the movie Mr. Bean
He took the original to his home and hand-painted the spoiled fragment, so that even the plowman scattering bonds in the picture of Ostap Bender compared to his work seemed a crown of art.
The 23rd episode of the Bond series "Skyfall Coordinates" featured the famous Joseph Turner painting "The Last Voyage of the Frigate Daring".
Joseph Turner. The last voyage of the frigate Daring.
For a reason, of course - the movie's director, Sam Mendes, was an intellectual and didn't like to state things directly, preferring subtle hints and metaphors. Bond and the new young gunner Q sit and look at Turner's painting. Q is frankly jealous: "What an enormous ship, but it will soon be scrapped too, nothing lasts forever and the new always replaces the old. What do you think of it?". "It's just a big ship" - says Bond and it becomes clear that he is not going to retire and write it off early, even if the famous superspy and not too knowledgeable in newfangled gadgets.
Images from the movie "Skyfall Coordinates"
By the way, the original was filmed in the national gallery - a rare case, usually filmmakers use copies, so as not to damage valuable paintings by the bright light of spotlights and reduce insurance costs, if something goes wrong.
Amedeo Modigliani. Woman with a fan
Modigliani's painting "Woman with a Fan" is also shown in "Skyfall Coordinates ". And not for nothing - it is used to attract one of Bond's enemies. Two years before the premiere of the movie, this painting was stolen from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. The case was quite resonant, so Sam Mendes and decided to remind about it, especially since, according to rumors, the painting and disappeared in Shanghai, where the episode took place.
In the 1999 movie "Notting Hill" the main character Anna - a world-class movie star, found herself in the bachelor apartment of the usual bookstore owner William. There she saw an unpretentious reproduction of the painting "The Bride", painted by Marc Chagall, and in the finale of the movie, to show her feelings, gives William the original.
Marc Chagall. Bride
True, they used a copy for the movie, but there was a lot of trouble with it. The original belonged to a collector from Japan, who owns the copyright to show this painting, so we had to negotiate with him, and then destroy the copy, so that it did not accidentally pop up at some auction or did not fall into the hands of fraudsters who could pass it off as a real painting by Chagall.
But in the 2014 movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel," the plot revolves around the painting "The Boy with the Apple," which is considered an expensive masterpiece of the old master.
Boy with an apple
In fact, the painting was painted for the movie by contemporary painter Michael Taylor. There are other non-existent works in the movie - in particular, a painting in the style of Egon Schiele, where two clearly not bored without cavaliers girls are painted.
A still from the movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel".
Except that Schiele has nothing to do with this work - it was created by artist Rich Pellegrino, but only a true connoisseur of Schiele's work can recognize the forgery.
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