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 ...

Some of the most fascinating, unsettling examples of landscape painting in the contemporary United States are to be found in its prison visiting rooms, where they function as painted backdrops for ...

A new book shows how the often-maligned Hollywood backdrop is an art form worthy of reconsideration To jaded movie goers of a certain age, Hollywood backdrops induced eye rolls and snickers. As ...

The painted movie backdrop is a dying art, obviated by the rise of the green screen. But there’s still something enchanting about those old Hollywood matte paintings; they lent a theatrical tone and ...

Artists sometimes used stills of the actors and hand-painted over them for effect. At other times, the photos remained black-and-white but were set against a colourful background Flashback to the ...

internationally acclaimed photographer lindsay adler has partnered with gravity backdrops and mac group to create the lindsay adler signature series. what's more luxurious than a hand-painted, gold ...