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Gandhi filmmaker has a brush with art

PERFECT FRAME: A painting from film director Sir Richard Attenborough

London: He is best known for his 1982 film Gandhi which won 8 academy awards. But Sir Richard Attenborough has also been a passionate art collector. Next week, over 50 paintings from the director's private collection will be auctioned in London. Full Article at IBN Live

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  3. Barbara Hepworth

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Related Quotes

  1. I desperately needed to raise money - in fact for my long cherished film of Gandhi
    – Richard Attenborough SOURCE: The Age 2 months ago
  2. Lord and Lady Attenborough have been collecting for over 60 years, and started out just after the war
    SOURCE: The Age 2 months ago
  3. In all truth ... art belongs to no one, some of us are simply its temporary, fortunate and delighted custodians. Now these beautiful images will ravish the senses of their new owners.
    – Richard Attenborough SOURCE: The Age 2 months ago
  4. The students, the faculty and the community need to know about these emerging countries, because they are going to change this century
    SOURCE: Providence Journal 2 months ago
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  2. Pratibha Patil Pratibha Patil
  3. Barbara Hepworth
  4. Henry Moore
  5. Ben Nicholson
  6. Matthew Smith