Artists Must Live

Little in life comes free: one question that should be asked of any art form is who's paying for it.

Duration: 28 min
Release date: 1953-06-30
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Art historian Basil Taylor presents the film and interviews several of its subjects, in between leisurely sequences surveying paintings and sculptures to the strains of the BBC Radio Orchestra.

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Artists Must Live

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