Artists Must Live - ACE001.3

Advertising posters commissioned from contemporary artists by the Post Office, the London Transport Executive, etc. Work at the Edinburgh Tapestry Company, also commissioners of designs by artists. Taylor visits sculptor, Reg Butler, who is optimistic about the chance for a young artist to find a patron, though he recognises that artists must be prepared to earn their living through other activities. Taylor with Peter Mayer, art buyer, on the benefits of owning art works. Paintings from Mayer’s collection. Patrick Heron at work. Private patronage must be augmented by money from business, industry, public institutions, or the state. The Arts Council of Great Britain. People looking at paintings in the AGCB collection. Loading paintings to send to an exhibition. The Council’s executive; posters for some of the exhibitions arranged by the ACGB. The Mexican show at the Tate Gallery. Packing exhibits at the British Council before sending them abroad. Tate Gallery. A hotel in Scarborough, with an art collection put together by its owner, Tom Laughton. Taylor discusses the response to contemporary pictures with Laughton. The S.S. Oronsay, one of the liners for which artists like Edward Borden and Douglas Allen were commissioned to design decorative motifs.