Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges

This research is a bibliographic study combined with film analysis and examines the cinematic representations of visual artists (painters and sculptors) in Greek cinema from 1950 to the early 1970s, within the period known as the Golden Age of Greek cinema. Eight films are analyzed: seven comedies and one drama — Istoria mias kalpikis liras (1955), 4 Nyfes ki Enas Gabbros (1958), O Diavolos kai i Oura tou (1962), I Pseftra (1963), Oi Kyries tis Avlis (1966), Gia tin Kardia tis Oraias Elenis (1967), I Pariziana (1969), and O Ahaireftos (1970) — focusing on how the artist is represented through cinematic storytelling, his/hers social position, and the ways in which society treats him/her. The aim of this study is to highlight the cinematic portrayal of visual artists and to explore the social representations constructed through these films. In conclusion, there is evidence of a lack of female characters, the repetition of patterns and actions mainly for the purpose of creating humorous scenes, the creation of bohemian characters bordering on the grotesque, and representations of modern art with a playful mood.