Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews sit in a grove surrounded by a romantic backdrop in a scene from Twentieth Century-Fox’s The Sound of Music (1965), directed by Robert Wise, with production ...

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Scenic artist Don Hanson working on recreating a landscape by Albert Bierstadt for the 2003 film The Last Samurai (courtesy Jonathan Williams Collection, via Regan Arts) When backdrop painters were ...

Hand-painted backdrops from 'The Sound of Music,' 'Singin’ in the Rain' and other classics enjoy the spotlight in a just-opened show at South Florida’s Boca Raton Museum of Art. By Laurie Brookins ...

At major museums around the world, the color experts at Farrow & Ball train their discerning eye on the walls behind the artwork. White walls may reign supreme at art galleries, but at major art ...

A peek inside the making of the 50 Over 50—and how one artistic lister helped make possible the visuals for the 2022 edition. As Forbes’ director of photography, each year I scan the upcoming ...

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