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Where can I find paintings from the movie "An American In Paris"?

1951 - Gene Kelly

I would assume they would be listed as movie props, and as such they would probably be prints and not actual paintings, but would like the originals if possible

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    9 years ago
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    Oh sure - just out there some place

    This page http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043278/trivia says that the paintings Kelly is selling were painted by a famous artist but doesn't name who. But the page also says that the ballet sequence uses backdrops based on famous paintings which are named.

    Did you want the former or the latter?

    This page of Credits http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043278/fullcredits

    down about 3/4's of the way under art department says

    Gene Grant .... paintings: Gene Kelly's

    Clicking on Gene Grant there produces only the one film - so he wasn't active in movies.

    Doing a Google search on his name

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Gene+Grant&ie=utf-...

    yields several sites including

    http://www.moviediva.com/MD_root/reviewpages/MDAme...

    which says

    Gene Grant painted Kelly’s pictures, although New Yorker artist Saul Steinberg had originally been engaged. He was a little too insistent in how his paintings would be used, both within and outside the framework of the film. MGM didn’t care for this, and Steinberg was released from his contract.

  • 4 years ago

    Paris presents the greatest concentration of tourist attractions in France, and probably in Europe so begin learn Paris with Hotelbye . Besides a few of the world's many famous museums, Paris has a vibrant historical city hub, a beautiful rivers cape, a comprehensive array of traditional monuments, including cathedrals, chapels and palaces, plus one of the most famous nightlife views in the world. The Louvre is among the places most visited in Paris and also one of the world's great artwork galleries. With masterpieces including the Mona Lisa and functions by almost all the maximum painters The Louvre is really a significant museum. In Louvre you may also find an exceedingly rich assortment of antiquities and artefacts, including Egyptian mummies, Classical bronzes, and artefacts from round the world.

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