The Man Who Painted His House. A short film by Dr Vicky Mills and Lily Ford. скачать в хорошем качестве

The Man Who Painted His House. A short film by Dr Vicky Mills and Lily Ford.

A short film about art, labour and devotion. The man who painted his house is David Parr, a Victorian working-class decorative artist apprenticed to the Cambridge firm of art-workmen F. R. Leach & Sons. Parr worked for leading designers linked to the Arts and Crafts Movement, including William Morris, and in 1886 he saved enough money to buy a house for himself and his family. Parr painstakingly hand painted his modest terraced house inspired by the intricately patterned style of the Arts & Crafts interiors on which he worked during the day. This extraordinary home was preserved within the Parr family for generations but remained unknown to the public until it was discovered by chance. In 2014, the David Parr House charity was set up to preserve the house as a museum. The film explores Parr’s story through observations of the house and its use today, a visit to All Saint’s Church where he worked, archival material, and an original score for viola and piano by compose and pianist Richard Uttley. The Man Who Painted His House invites a wider conversation about artistic legacy, Parr’s overlooked status as an ‘art-workman’ and the relationship between art and labour in the nineteenth century. It is part of a British Academy-funded research project led by Dr Mills titled ‘Art, Labour and Devotion: Uncovering the Victorian Art-Workman’. Dr Mills notes that ‘in its exploration of the life and work of working-class decorative artist David Parr, The Man Who Painted His House builds on my research into the hidden histories of Victorian art-workmen, critically challenging accounts of Victorian art and design that focus on the ambitions and creations of privileged, wealthy men.' 'The Man Who Painted His House' by Victoria Mills is licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND-40