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'''''The Painter and the Pest''''' is a 1985 documentary film produced by Bandung Productions and released by the British ] Television on June 2, 1985.<ref>'''', ''IMDB''</ref> It details how 60-year-old abstract impressionist painter ] was discovered the previous year by ], an Indian professor of English. '''''The Painter and the Pest''''' is a 1985 documentary film produced by Bandung Productions and released by the British ] Television on June 2, 1985. It details how 60-year-old abstract impressionist painter ] was discovered the previous year by ], an Indian professor of English.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-05 |title=The Man Who Found Shapinsky |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/society/the-man-who-found-shapinsky-news-295633 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Outlook India |language=en}}</ref>


The documentary was directed by Greg Lanning and narrated by ], who opined that it was one of those happy instances in which the East has repaid the West by discovering something the West had forgotten.<ref> The documentary was directed by Greg Lanning and narrated by ], who opined that it was one of those happy instances in which the East has repaid the West by discovering something the West had forgotten.<ref>

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Akumal Ramachander with Harold Shapinsky in a still from The Painter and the Pest

The Painter and the Pest is a 1985 documentary film produced by Bandung Productions and released by the British Channel 4 Television on June 2, 1985. It details how 60-year-old abstract impressionist painter Harold Shapinsky was discovered the previous year by Akumal Ramachander, an Indian professor of English.

The documentary was directed by Greg Lanning and narrated by Salman Rushdie, who opined that it was one of those happy instances in which the East has repaid the West by discovering something the West had forgotten.

References

  1. "The Man Who Found Shapinsky". Outlook India. 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
  2. Discovery of an obscure American artist by an Indian schoolteacher sparks off a storm, India Today, June 30, 1985
  3. Walker, John Albert (1993). Arts TV: A History of Arts Television in Britain. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-86196-435-2.
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