The Lure of the Cinema

Movie theatres seem to get the sketch pen moving for many artists.

Anywhere in the world, this sketch would be recognizable as a theatre refreshments bar. This one is in Auray, France.

From the Cinema Museum in Girona, Spain, by Barcelona-based urban sketcher Martí Viladomat.

Below, Soviet cinema “Udarnik” in the Bersenevka neighborhood of Moscow.

For this artist, it was the audience that captured attention.

A Hollywood theatre from the 1970s, appropriately retro in mainly black and white.

Re the Varsity theatre image from the top of the post: Artist Pete Scully wrote that he “really really needed to get out and sketch a panorama.”