One of Britain’s greatest landscape artists, Eric Ravilious, was killed in a plane crash while serving as an official war artist in Iceland in 1942. The film brings to life this compelling and enigmatic man, with insight from – among others – Alan Bennett, Grayson Perry and Ai Weiwei.
Dr James Cahill, art historian and curator, talks to Ella Ravilious, Dr Alan Powers and director Margy Kinmonth.
Dr Alan Powers
Dr Alan Powers has written extensively on Ravilious. He writes and lectures on twentieth-century art, architecture and design. He has been a guest curator at Kettles Yard and the Design Museum, and was a Professor in Architecture and Cultural History at the University of Greenwich in East London.
Ella Ravilious
Ella Ravilious is the granddaughter of Eric Ravilious and a Curator of Design and Architecture at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Margy Kinmonth
Margy Kinmonth is a BAFTA winning film and television director whose many credits include Revolution–New Art for a New World marking the 1917 Russian Revolution, Hermitage Revealed and Royal Paintbox with His Majesty King Charles III.
Feature: 87 mins Session 120 mins