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Day of the Painter

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Day of the Painter is a 1960 American short film directed by Robert P. Davis. It is a satire which portrays a typical day in the life of a "drip and splatter style" abstract artist, from the time he begins his paintings until he finishes. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical1 Sept 1960

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Day of the Painter was released on 1 September 1960.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/17/2025

    A gent arrives at the end of a rickety old pier and places a large piece of white cardboard on the mud flat below. Then he prepares a dozen or so tins of what look like standard house paint, stirs a little with the end of his brush then proceeds to just lob the contents straight from the cans onto the “canvas” below. With two of his friends looking on almost as bemusedly as the birds milling about on the water, this …

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