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Did You Know 1999 Film Stewart Little Helped Discover An Iconic Painting That Had Been LOST For Almost A Century?
When Stuart Little released in 1999, it became all the rage globally. The heart-warming film was a beautiful tribute to how families can be of any shape and size irrespective of anything else. But did you know the film also helped discover a long lost painting? Turns out a prop in the film was a painting by Hungarian artist Róbert Berény.
Updated Jun 14, 2023 | 02:22 PM IST
Stuart Little helped discover a long lost painting by Hungarian artist Róbert Berény
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Stuart Little released in 1999
- The film used a painting by Hungarian artist Róbert Berény
- The painting had been lost for almost a 100 years
When director Rob Minkoff's live action animated comedy film Stuart Little released in 1999, it became all the rage globally. Starring Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie as parents who decide to adopt a young brother for their son Jonathan Lipnicki's George, the film sees them visit an orphanage where they meet a young mouse named Stuart, whom they adopt. The heart-warming film was a beautiful tribute to how families can be of any shape and size irrespective of anything else. But did you know the film also helped discover a long lost painting?
Stewart Little helped discover a long lost iconic painting
As per a Twitter page Historic Vids, the film had used a painting as a prop which would turn out to be a long lost etching by Hungarian artist Róbert Berény, who is often credited of being one of eight artists who introduced cubism in art.
The Twitter page listed that while watching Stewart Little in 2009, Hungarian art historian Gergely Barki saw the painting "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" by Róbert Berény.
The painting had been missing for 90 years and seemingly cropped up as a prop in the film. Turns out it was the original.
Sleeping Lady with Black Vase disappeared in the 1920s
Sleeping Lady with Black Vase disappeared in the 1920s but Barki recognised it immediately, even though he had only seen it as a faded black-and-white photo from an exhibition in 1928.
The art historian sent a flurry of emails to staff at Sony Pictures and Columbia Pictures and received a reply from a former set designer on the film in 2011.
Barki revealed that the picture in question was hanging on her wall and that she had snapped it up for next to nothing in an antiques shop in Pasadena, California, thinking its avant-garde elegance was perfect for Stuart Little's living room.
About Sleeping Lady with Black Vase
Sleeping Lady with Black Vase is a 1927–1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. A depiction of the painter's wife reclining asleep in a blue dress behind a table on which is set a black vase, it was thought lost after World War II.
Because of the publicity the painting garnered thanks to it being a part of the famous film, it is often described as the most widely known Hungarian painting ever known.
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