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Painting the Town: The Illusionistic Murals of Richard Haas: Directed by Amalie R. Rothschild. With Tony Roberts.
- Amalie R. Rothschild
- 1990-01
- Documentary
- 56
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Painting the Town: The Illusionistic Murals of Richard Haas Abstract The film explores the work of muralist Richard Haas, best known for his use of trompe l'oeil.
Original title: Painting the Town: The Illusionistic Murals of Richard Haas. Synopsis: Amalie Rothschild has fashioned her own exuberant and exemplary film mural based on the life and very-public work of the celebrated architectural muralist Richard Haas.
- Amalie R. Rothschild
The architectural murals of Richard Haas are transforming cities across the U.S. His playful, adroitly-executed interior and exterior trompe l’oeil illusions startle and beguile passers-by with their realistic detail.
This exuberant film portrait introduces the witty work of architectural muralist Richard Haas, whose mammoth murals have caused double takes in cities from Phoenix to Munich. Following in a tradition dating back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, Haas uses painted architecture to transform the sometimes brutal geometry of contemporary cityscapes.
