A Unique Oil Painting Still from Loving Vincent

The film Loving Vincent is known above all for its unusual style. Did you know that every second of the film represents 12 painted images? Since the film is 80 minutes long, that adds up to 57,000 images, an almost unbelievable number.

Dozens and dozens of artists recreated the paintings as animations using Van Gogh oil paints. The film was based on the works of the famous artist.

You might think that something like this is almost impossible to produce. Yet these painters made it happen, working on the film for many months. “This tracing technique is called rotoscoping. Although it had been used before, it has probably never been presented on this scale,” one of the painters explains with a smile at the easel, then turns his attention back to his painting.

The Biggest Sponsor: Royal Talens

The Van Gogh product collection, supplied by Royal Talens, is the main material used to create the first painted film in history. This Dutch company provided hundreds of tubes of oil paints for the entire project. Talens also presented the project at the international art supplies fair in Frankfurt, Germany, bringing along an original work-in-progress oil painting straight from the studio, together with the artist.

Vincent Van Gogh

More than 125 years after his death, the life and work of this renowned artist continue to fascinate the world. His paintings gave the world a glimpse into his life, inspiring Dorota Kobiela, who decided to bring this ambitious project to life in collaboration with BreakThru Films and Trademark Films.

The project was expected to cost 40,000 pounds, which would be used to pay the artists and create specially adapted studios. In the end, more than 53,000 pounds was raised.

Watch the trailer for Loving Vincent below.

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