painting theme

The art of drawing pictures is featured.

46 total · 3 choice · 17 major · 26 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
columbo1971e9x01 choice Max Barsini was a painter of some renown. His painting of a scene of Vito's Italian restaurant and bar figured prominently into the plot. A subplot concerns Max paining Columbo's portrait. Columbo learned much about the craft of painting in order to catch his prey.
gdtcoc2022e05 choice The story concerns two painters, Will and Richard. Richard Pickman had a supernatural ability to imbue his creations with a quality that makes those that perceive them go mad.
tftc1989e3x08 choice The story turns on the struggling artist Jack painting the death scenes of his murder victims.
ahh2x26 major The big reveal of the story is that the struggling painter James' disgruntlement toward the municipal authorities was a diversion from the true purpose of him and his accomplices: replace five museum paintings with his forgeries and make off the the originals without anybody being the wiser.
as1985e1x12 major Byron Sullivan was a talented painter. He became preoccupied with painting scenes of his wife after she perished tragically in a horse and carriage accident. He exhibited his numerous paintings of Vanessa at an art gallery.
bridesheadrevisited1981e1x08 major The story centers on the part of Charles' life where he comes into his own as a painter, starting with his breakthrough as an architectural painter with a set of works depicting Marchmain House in London.
ldr2019e1x14 major Zima began as a portrait painter and proceeded to paint visions of the cosmos, before he turned to more extreme art forms.
movie: An American in Paris (1951) major Jerry was an aspiring painter who had yet to sell a single painting. Milo decided to become his patron, though perhaps more because of romantic interest than for the sake of his art.
movie: Andrei Rublev (1966) major Central to the story are a couple of master painters: Theophanes the Greek, and the eponymous Andrei Rublev.
movie: Furia (1999) major Théo was using graffiti as a way of protesting the harsh government that'd risen to power in this post-apocalyptic world.