Lansdown Film Club presents a recently released documentary about one of Britain’s greatest landscape artists, Eric Ravilious, who was killed in a plane crash while on commission as Official War Artist in Iceland in 1942.  His life is as compelling and enigmatic as his art, set against the dramatic wartime locations that inspired him. Director Margy Kinmonth’s film brings to life this unique and somewhat undervalued British artist caught in the crossfire of war 80 years ago, whose legacy largely sank without trace until now. Released in his 80th anniversary year, this first full-length feature documentary about the artist unfolds in his own words, through previously unseen private correspondence and rare archive film.

Shot on location in UK, Portugal and Ireland, the film asks what it is to be a war artist, with an array of talking heads including Ai Weiwei, Alan Bennett, Grayson Perry, and author Robert Macfarlane who has written about the ancient pathways in Ravilious’ paintings of his beloved South Downs where he grew up.

1 hr 27 mins plus discussion and Q&A with Stroud based landscape artists Andy Lovell and Angela Findlay

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Venue: Lansdown Hall GL5 1BB

Start time: 7.30pm

Cost: £6/£5