Artists

18 Artists & Illustrators``````ABOVE Polish actor RobertGularczyk captured in oilpaint as Vincent van GoghRIGHT Douglas Boothreimagined as Van Gogh’sportrait of Armand Roulinby the side of a motorway in the Polish port townof Gdansk, film history is being made. In anindustrial complex that hosts IT companies andtravel administrators, there is a unit marked ‘BreakthruFilms’. Behind it, I find dozens of painters seated rowon row, studiously applying oils to their canvases in thestyle of Van Gogh. They are working on what will be theworld’s first fully painted feature film, Loving Vincent,set to explore the life and enigmatic death of the Dutchartist through his paintings.The story was originally filmed in live action against agreen screen with an impressive cast that includesJohn Sessions, Saoirse Ronan, Douglas Booth andPeaky Blinders’ Helen McCrory; but it was when theshoot wrapped that the work really began.A team of more than 75 oil painters have beenenlisted to animate the film with their brushstrokes. >REVIVINGvincentKATIE MCCABE MEETS THE ARTISTS WHO ARERECREATING VAN GOGH’S WORKS FOR THE BIG SCREEN18 Van Gogh.indd 18 10/06/2016 15: