''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm'', 1962, painting by Georges Allard
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''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm'', 1962, painting by Georges Allard
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Movie World Posters
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Painting - Movie Posters
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Base painting of the vintage movie poster for ''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm'', a 1962 American fantasy film directed by Henry Levin and George Pal. The film is known for its colorful and imaginative retelling of the lives and stories of the famous German folklorists and storytellers, the Brothers Grimm. It blends elements of biography and fantasy.
The movie presents a fictionalized account of the lives of Wilhelm Grimm, portrayed by Laurence Harvey, and Jacob Grimm, played by Karlheinz Böhm, as they travel through 19th-century Germany collecting and recording folklore and fairy tales. Along the way, they encounter various characters and situations inspired by the stories they would later compile.
"The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" incorporates several well-known fairy tales, including "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," and "The Frog Prince," bringing these tales to life on the screen with colorful visuals and imaginative storytelling.
Laurence Harvey and Karlheinz Böhm deliver engaging performances as the Brothers Grimm, capturing their passion for preserving folklore and their dedication to their work. Claire Bloom plays the character of Dorothea Grimm, providing a romantic subplot to the film.
The movie is celebrated for its creative use of Technicolor and its whimsical approach to storytelling. It was one of the first films to be released in the Cinerama format, which showcased its visual splendor on the big screen.
While "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" may not be as widely remembered as some other fantasy classics, it remains a charming and family-friendly cinematic experience that pays tribute to the enduring magic of fairy tales and the legacy of the Brothers Grimm.
Base art is the poster artwork after the text has been digitally removed. It thereby closely recreates the original painting used for the poster. As practically all those original paintings have been lost, a recreation attempts to display the original art before the movie studios added descriptive text. See also our collection "Movie Poster Base Paintings."
bout the artist:
Gilbert ("Georges") Allard (Oct. 15, 1916, Rouvray-Saint-Croix, France—Dec. 7, 2002, Saint-Evertin, France) was a leading French postwar and contemporary poster artist, active from the end of the 1940s through the 1960s.
He painted and signed more than eighty posters for films distributed in France. The French advertising agency Jacques Fourastié produced the majority of his posters.
He often differed from other French poster artists who used graphic elements since he preferred traditional painting techniques. As a result, he used fine brushwork to paint intricate, unexaggerated facial details while adding more dynamic features to the background images, which blended expertly with the key image. In combination, his poster art produced images of the film's essential theme.
An example of those style qualities can be seen in his poster for "Contempt" (aka "Le Mepris," (1963) with Brigitte Bardot, along with other posters, as in "Red River" (1948), "Baby Doll" (1956), and "Doctor Zhivago" (1965).
Search for "Allard" to see some of his other art.
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November 4th, 2022
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