article_snippet.sent: Two rare paintings used to plan the filming of iconic scenes in The Wizard of Oz
article_snippet.sent: Two rare paintings, from the brush of famed art director Jack Martin Smith, were used to work out how the scenes might look once filming of the 1939 Hollywood classic began.
article_snippet.sent: Two rare paintings were used to work out how the scenes might look once filming of the 1939 Hollywood classic began .
article_snippet.sent: Margaret Barrett, Heritage's head of entertainment, said: 'Before filming started, the production crew's art team painted quick, off-the-cuff paintings of scenes which were then shown to the art director. '
article_snippet.sent: the art director would then be able to plan how scenes were going to look before filming began. '
article_snippet.sent: Jack Martin Smith was the lead artist and at the time would have just created these artworks very quickly
article_snippet.sent: but Jack Martin Smith was exceptionally skilled and these artworks are now viewed as art in these artworks own right. '
article_snippet.sent: Jack Martin Smith went on to become one of the most famous art directors in Hollywood. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Two rare paintings by art director Jack Martin Smith were used to plan the filming of iconic scenes in The Wizard of Oz .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: One of the watercolours shows moment