In a first-time collaboration, the McNay Art Museum and Texas Performing Arts join together to debut six rare hand-painted, sound-stage backdrops from Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) Studios alongside ...

For example, maybe you hadn't thought about who is responsible for painting big stage backdrops for famous bands. "I love to paint. I've always been a painter, one way or another" says Jeff Alumbaugh ...

To jaded movie goers of a certain age, Hollywood backdrops induced eye rolls and snickers. As painted scenery rolled by outside a moving car or an eerily still vista floated behind an actor, viewers ...